Anne Calvert > Anne's Quotes

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”
― James M. Cain

“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.”
― Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain

“One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.”
― Christopher Isherwood

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
― Mark Twain

“And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling, “This is important! And this is important! And this is important! You need to worry about this! And this! And this!” And each day, it’s up to you to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and say, “No. This is what’s important.”
― Iain Thomas