“Love is a popular romantic notion that leads to nothing but its own brand of misery.”
Sharon Shinn (1957) American science fiction writer
Source: Jenna Starborn
On his character Richie in the show Looking in “Interview: Raúl Castillo on We the Animals, Latino Roles, & More” https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/interview-raul-castillo-on-we-the-animals-and-latino-representation/ in Slant Magazine (2018 Aug 13)
“Love is a popular romantic notion that leads to nothing but its own brand of misery.”
Sharon Shinn (1957) American science fiction writer
Source: Jenna Starborn
Arnold Vosloo (1962) South African-American actor
Interview: Arnold Vosloo http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/05/11/arnold_vosloo_article.shtml (May 11, 2001)
Charles de Lint (1951) author
Greenmantle (1998). p. 322
“I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.”
Keith Richards (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones
He tells Rolling Stone of his drug-taking past; reported in " In quotes: Keith Richards http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6526133.stm", BBC (April 4, 2007).
“The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100
Context: The industrial way of life leads to the industrial way of death. From Shiloh to Dachau, from Antietam to Stalingrad, from Hiroshima to Vietnam and Afghanistan, the great specialty of industry and technology has been the mass production of human corpses.
P. C. Cast (1960) American writer
Source: Goddess of Light
“I’m so afraid that all I can reach will lead me to all I dare not see.”
Stephen King book Lisey's Story
Source: Lisey's Story
“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
As quoted in Pocket Patriot : Quotes from American Heroes (2005) edited by Kelly Nickell, p. 157