Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes

In the evening, when everything is tired and quiet, I sit with Walt Whitman by the rose beds and listen to what that lonely and beautiful spirit has to tell me of night, sleep, death, and the stars. This dusky, silent hour is his; and this is the time when I can best hear the beatings of that most tender and generous heart.

Elizabeth von Arnim

Quotes to Explore

I don't know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it's there, don't you?

Karl Pilkington
- Future
- You
- Know
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.

Saint Basil
- Nice
- Woman
- Child
Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.

Barbara Boxer
- Time
- Help
- Law
I love the Bronte sisters, but I feel a closer kinship to the Ephron sisters, Nora and Delia, if only because their work makes me laugh more than the Brontes. I also love the Mitford sisters with their secret language and their endless letters back and forth.

Kate Klise
- Work
- Love
- Language
LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Circumstances
- Shot
- Off
I sat down and wrote, 'Are your emotions pure? Are they the stuff of heroes or the alloyed mess of the beaten? How do you stand in relation to the potato?' And it was a lot of fun, and I kept going and woke up at some point in some horror that I had about 142 pages of this.

Padgett Powell
- Up
- Fun
- Down