Elizabeth White > Elizabeth's Quotes

“Experience is what you get while looking for something else.”
― Federico Fellini

“Genius is supposed to be 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.
On the other hand, catering is 99% perspiration and 1% improvisation.”
― Elizabeth White

“Shut up, you two! Auntie Elizabeth is concentrating on being in the wrong lane.”
― Elizabeth White

“You can lead a horse to water but only very rarely can you drown him and get away with it.”
― Sue Perry, C.R.I.M.E. Science

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Magic does that. It wastes you away. Once it grips you by the ear, the real world gets quieter and quieter, until you can hardly hear it at all.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless