#classic

Unasked, Unsought, Love gives itself but is not bought ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#poetry #love

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art. ↗

— Russell Banks

#american #art #classics #early #early age

Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other. ↗

— Homer

#greece #love #passion #peace #faith

I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#classical composers #composers #great #hendrix #him

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#classically #herself #inspired #julie #julie andrews

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#funeral #funny #humor #funny

I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

#different #different styles #fan #i #many

The novel is about five students of classics who are studying with a classics professor, and they take the ideas of the things that they're learning from him a bit too seriously, with terrible consequences. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#bit #classics #consequences #five #him

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation. ↗

— Lee Child

#fired #i #job #really #simple

I've been excited since I received a phone call from Paul Holmgren inviting me to represent the Flyers and Flyer fans at the alumni game of the Winter Classic weekend. ↗

— Eric Lindros

#been #call #classic #excited #fans