Stephen R. Marriott > Stephen R.'s Quotes

“The road become shorter when you know yourself, but you've got to travel down that long road first.”
― Stephen Marriott, Candyfloss Guitar

“I am a tiny seashell
that has secretly drifted ashore
and carries the sound of the ocean
surging through its body.”
― Edward Hirsch

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker

“Day and night I always dream with open eyes.”
― Jose Marti

“When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Fledgling

“If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up.”
― Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova

“We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.”
― Eric Carle

“If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

“I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can’t write unless you read.”
― William Trevor