quotes about Gadflies

“The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the winged gorgons, the bronze men, the philosophers - all of it seems to rise in the sour, pungent taste of these black olives between the teeth. A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water.”

Source : Lawrence Durrell (1978). “Prospero's cell: a guide to the landscape and manners of the island of Corcyra”, Viking Pr

“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”

“The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.”

“People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and digital pulses. But they are wrong. Time owns them.”

Source : Caroline B. Cooney (2012). “The Time Travelers: Volume One”, p.147, Laurel Leaf

“I always want to try to bring something fresh to every book. It's getting harder instead of easier. I feel like I work harder with each book. But I don't want it to show on the pages, that's for sure.”

“And the other issue is Gore, $4.6 trillion - the single largest expansion of government in American history, from universal preschool, now, to prescriptions to health care - it is Socialism 101.”

“The piano is a bit of a monster because it is this center of Western music and so much has been done with it and it is a fixed pitch instrument. It is a bit like trying to paint because there is the weight of all that has been done before.”

“The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.”

“True theology is an actual determination and claiming of man by the acting God.”

“Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.”