“Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.”
H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) American author
The Straits Times (Singapore) (2001); on the colour of her eyes.
“Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.”
H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) American author
Mark Haddon book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Bob Dole (1923) American politician
Reported in Tom Crisp, The Book of Bob: Choice Words, Memorable Men (2007), p. 113.
Gu Cheng (1956–1993) Chinese poet
"Feeling" [Ganjue]
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) French painter
short notation, 1881: from 'Notes inedites de Seurat sur Delacroix', in 'Bulletin de la Vie Artistique', April 1922; as quoted by John Rewald, in Georges Seurat', a monograph https://ia800607.us.archive.org/23/items/georges00rewa/georges00rewa.pdf; Wittenborn and Compagny, New York, 1943. p. 6 - note 9 <br class="br">Seurat studied carefully the paintings of Eugene Delacroix, and wrote in 1881 about Delacroix's painting 'The Fanatics of Tangier' https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-_The_Fanatics_of_Tangier_-_WGA06195.jpg this notation <br class="br">Quotes, 1881 - 1890
“Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.”
Suzanne Collins book Catching Fire
Katniss, pp. 31-32
Variant: Because sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.
Like me, for instance. Right now.
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire (2009)