Written Laurence Marks

Famous quotes containing the words written, laurence and/or marks:

    Now that you’ve written it
    In novels and a few verses,
    Will the pimps and harlots say
    That Destiny’s a wit?
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    And catch the gleaming of a random light,
    That tells me that the ship I seek is passing, passing.
    —Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)

    It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it; and of him who can adequately place it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but, as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)