Quotations

"Listen, my wary one, it's far too late to unlove each other, instead let's cook something elaborate and not invite anyone to share it but eat it all up very slowly."

— William Mathews, English mountaineer, botanist, born 1828

"A picture must possess a real power to generate light, and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light, or rather in light."

— Henri Matisse, French artist, born 1869

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

— Henri Matisse, French artist, born 1869

"There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted."

— Henri Matisse, French artist, born 1869

"When there's light shining on a tree, that tree takes on different meaning. If there's no light at all it just looks dead. If you look at light as godly meaning, the world comes alive in a certain way."

— Matisyahu, American reggae musician, born 1979

"I am reclaiming myself. Trusting my goodness and my divine mission."

— Matisyahu, American reggae musician, born 1979

"At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress."

— Marlee Matlin, American actress, born 1965

"There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I believe that hearing or deaf is fine as long as both parties are willing to communicate in each other's language. But if there's no communication, then the marriage, I believe, will be difficult if not doomed."

— Marlee Matlin, American actress, born 1965

"There are three rules for writing a novel, unfortunately, no one knows what they are."

— W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, born 1874

"The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned."

— W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, born 1874

"I love the night passionately. I love it as I love my country, or my mistress, with an instinctive, deep, and unshakeable love. I love it with all my senses: I love to see it, I love to breathe it in, I love to open my ears to its silence, I love my whole body to be caressed by its blackness. Skylarks sing in the sunshine, the blue sky, the warm air, in the fresh morning light. The owl flies by night, a dark shadow passing through the darkness; he hoots his sinister, quivering hoot, as though he delights in the intoxicating black immensity of space."

— Guy de Maupassant, French poet, born 1850

"A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one."

— Guy de Maupassant, French poet, born 1850

"The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom."

— Guy de Maupassant, French author, born 1850

"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

— Guy de Maupassant, French author, born 1850