“His voice is hurrying, to keep up with his brain.”
Rabbit Remembered (2000)
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American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, an… 1932–2009Related quotes
“Counts his sure gains, and hurries back for more.”
James Montgomery (1771–1854) British editor, hymn writer, and poet
The West Indies, Part iii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Y así, del poco dormir y del mucho leer, se le secó el cerebro, de manera que vino a perder el juicio.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book I, Ch. 1 (tr. Samuel Putnam).
Louis Nizer (1902–1994) American lawyer
Between You and Me, Beechurst Press, 1948.
“Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried.”
Charles Wolfe (1791–1823) Irish poet
The Burial of Sir John Moore.
“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.”
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet
“He understands not only with his brain but with his heart.”
Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) American actress
On her husband Mel Brooks Associated Press interview (1997).
Context: He understands not only with his brain but with his heart. And that might be called love. Not quite sure, but maybe that's the key.
Harry Turtledove (1949) American novelist, short story author, essayist, historian
Source: The Man With the Iron Heart (2008), p. 7