Dorothy L. Sayers was a novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries. However, she considered her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy to be her best work. She was born on June 13, 1893. She was a good friend of C.S. Lewis. Here are some quotes by Sayers: “Do you […]
Quotes by Graham Green
“Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.” Graham Greene was an English novelist and author regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Born October 2, 1904 in the United Kingdom and died April 3, 1991 in Switzerland.
Quotes by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Poet and Playwright
Edna St. Vincent Millay, born February 22, 1892, in Maine, died at fifty-eight years old on October 19, 1950 in her New York home from heart failure. Her middle name, St. Vincent, came from St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, where her uncle’s life had been saved just before her birth. Edna called herself Vincent […]
William Shakespeare Died 399 Years Ago Today
William Shakespeare’s birth date is unknown, but his baptism was on April 26, 1564. He was 53 when he died on April 23, 1616. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582. She was 26/27 years old and he was 18. She died 7 years after Shakespeare’s death. They had three children, Susanna in August 1583 and […]
Writing Quote by Brooke Warner
I often tell writers I work with, “Your book already knows what it wants to be,” and I believe that our calling to write the book we’re supposed to write is a whisper–something between intuition and following your inner calling. We receive these whispers all the time. Some of us ignore them or are so […]
Darwin Quotes
“I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection” “I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts & grinding out conclusions” “It’s not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” “The love for […]
Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” by Marcus Tullius Cicero Does your protagonist have a room without books?