“What I want to know is this: Are the stars gold paper or is the gold paper stars?”
P. L. Travers (1899–1996) Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist
Jane in Ch. 8 "Mrs. Corry"
Mary Poppins (1934)
“I could cut a star out of paper and drop it.”
Source: Howl's Moving Castle
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Conor Oberst (1980) American musician
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)
“You cut me out in little stars.
And place me in the sky.”
Kate Havnevik (1975) Norwegian singer-songwriter
Song lyrics
Vitruvius book De architectura
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book II, Chapter IX, Sec. 3
Context: In felling a tree we should cut into the trunk of it to the very heart, and then leave it standing so that the sap may drain out drop by drop throughout the whole of it.... Then and not till then, the tree being drained dry and the sap no longer dripping, let it be felled and it will be in the highest state of usefulness.
“I have a paper cut from writing my suicide note. [sighs] It's a start…”
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
When the Leaves Blow Away (2006), I Still Have a Pony (2007)
“If I could only reach out and touch the stars, I would know everything. I would understand.”
Mary E. Pearson book The Kiss of Deception
Source: The Kiss of Deception
“There are lots of real men out there - men who could fall in love with you at the drop of a hat.”
Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle
Source: Message in a Bottle
