
“Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.”
Source: Hainish Cycle, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 8 “Another Way into Orgoreyn” (p. 118)
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.”
Source: Hainish Cycle, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 8 “Another Way into Orgoreyn” (p. 118)
On his facing a case filed against him along with three other authors for reading out portions of Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses during last year’s lit fest,
Mohammed Iqbal, in: "Jeet Thayil wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature"
“Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price.
I'm throwing the dice in the air.”
"Walking On Thin Ice" on Season of Glass (1981) - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1DHm7p1sm4
Context: Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price.
I'm throwing the dice in the air.
Why must we learn it the hard way
And play the game of life with your heart?
“I'm crazy for love but
I'm not coming on.
I'm just paying my rent everyday
In the Tower Of Song.”
"Tower Of Song"
I'm Your Man (1988)
Context: My friends are gone and
My hair is grey.
I ache in the places where I used to play.
And I'm crazy for love but
I'm not coming on.
I'm just paying my rent everyday
In the Tower Of Song.
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a13040159/billie-eilish-interview/
“Winning doesn't come cheaply … you have to pay a big price.”
In conversation with Isidore Domnick Mendis http://www.the-south-asian.com/june2002/Jeev_Milkha_Singh.htm, the-south-asian.com (June 2002)
Canadian Press (October 27, 2006) "More than just the next superstar - Ovechkin's zest for life contagious with Capitals", The Record (Kitchner, Ontario, Canada), p. D2.
[BBC Sport, Cristiano Ronaldo: I'm the best player in the world, 5 November 2015, 4 February 2018, http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/34737914]
In an interview with the BBC ahead of the release of Ronaldo.