Quotes by : Matthew Pearl

It is not when a man is at the end of his life, but when a man is at the end of his profession, that....

...It is the one time Dante calls such explicit attention to the idea of contrapasso-a word for which....

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to....

'Pity without rigor would be cowardly egotism, mere sentimentality.'

People hate the idea of politicians, you see, but love the idea of authors, at least until they meet....

Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print

He worshipped at the temple of her intellect and I believe it was a comfort to him to know that she left....

Longfellow smiled. "A great part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, my dear Lowell,....

My high school English teacher in junior year, Dr. Robert Parsons, assigned us some Poe stories, including....

Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the....