English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Peter Ackroyd Quotes

Time. In another time. Either before or after. They were not stars, but fires. They were the souls of birds. They were entries into the vast fire. They were the eyes of the dead. And in the darkness theywere imprisoned by them.

Peter Ackroyd

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

David Ortiz quote: "I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life..."
I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit. David Ortiz
Rabindranath Tagore quote: "Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles..."
Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection. Rabindranath Tagore
Easy. They just let us forget. Give us too much to process, fill up every minute, keep us distracted, it's what the Tube is for, and though it kills me to say it, it's what rock and roll is becoming - just another way to claim our attention, so that beautiful certainty we had starts to fade, and after a while they have us convinced all over again that we really are going to die. And they've got us again. Thomas Pynchon
John Mayer quote: "It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other..."
It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music. John Mayer
My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make. Stanley Tucci
Robert Anton Wilson quote: "Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran..."
Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars. Robert Anton Wilson
Helen Hunt Jackson quote: "If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe..."
If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful. Helen Hunt Jackson
Ina Garten quote: "The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you..."
The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work! Ina Garten
Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest. David Sanborn
The widespread willingness to rely on thermonuclear bombs as the ultimate weapon displays a cavalier attitude toward death that has always puzzled me. My impression is that...most of the defenders of these weapons are not suitably horrified at the possibility of a war in which hundreds of millions of people would be killed...I suspect that an important factor may be belief in an afterlife, and that the proporttion of those who think that death is not the end is much higher among the... Thomas Nagel
I know people think we drive around in these nice cars and we do whatever we want and our parents will pay our credit cards, but that's not the case. Sure, my parents were generous; I got a nice car at 16, but at 18 I was cut off. I've worked really hard. I opened the store myself. Kim Kardashian
There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration rather than doctrine and worship are to determine the form of the Church. Arthur Middleton
Muhammad Ali Jinnah quote: "Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that..."
Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Sherman Alexie quote: "When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are..."
When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing. Sherman Alexie
Sue Monk Kidd quote: "What matters is giving over to what you love."
What matters is giving over to what you love. Sue Monk Kidd