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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light! Alexander Pope godhidelaw Change image and share on social
Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed. Alexander Pope blessdejectelate Change image and share on social
On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale. Alexander Pope carddiverselygale Change image and share on social
I was raised on John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series. Something about this genre - hard-boiled-private-eye-with-heart-of-gold - never failed to take me away from whatever difficulties haunted my daily world to a wonderful land where I was no more than an enthralled spectator. Alan Furst boildailydifficulty share on social
As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by 'survival of the fittest.' Bill Cosby basketbrotherchild share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
