Quotes by : John Crowley

Oh God how subtle he would have to be, how cunning... No paragraph, no phrase even of the thousands the....

Learning to decipher words had only added to the pleasures of holding spines and turning pages, measuring....

Almost as soon as it was lit it began to sound as though it were running down, but in fact it would continue....

Seen from inside the bar, the avenue, the stores opposite, the street glimpsed going off at right angles,....

Novelty and Security: the security of novelty, the novelty of security. Always the full thing, the whole....

If you know how to read, the World of Books is open to you, after all; and if you like to read, you'll....

Should he make a note? He felt for the smooth shape of his pen in his pocket. 'Theme for a novel: The....

Divorced?''Separated.'He tested his thumb against the pricks of the rose. 'Women. They say you got all....

Do you write every day?' 'Oh, no. Oh, I sort of try. I don't work very hard, really. Really I'm on vacation.....

She had always lived her best life in dreams. She knew no greater pleasure than that moment of passage....