Author Archives: Melluvahess

Berra, Yogi (1925 – ), US baseball player, coach, & manager This is like deja vu all over again. When you come to a fork in the road, take it. The future ain’t what it used to be. Baseball is … Continue reading →

Bellow, Saul (1915 – 2005), US (Canadian-born) author Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write … Continue reading →

Beckett, Samuel (1906 – 1989) – Irish author, dramatist, & novelist Ever tried? Ever failed? No Matter, try again, fail again, Fail better. I don’t like animals. It’s a strange thing, I don’t like men and I don’t like animals. … Continue reading →

Barry, Dave (1947 – ), US columnist & humorist I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don’t … Continue reading →

Barrie, James M. (1860 – 1937), Scottish dramatist & novelist We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are. Ambition – it is the last infirmity of noble minds. Temper is a weapon that we hold … Continue reading →

Balzac, Honore de (1799 – 1850), French realist novelist Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that … Continue reading →

Ballard, James Graham “J. G.” (1930 – 2009), English novelist, short story writer Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer’s role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. In … Continue reading →

Austen, Jane (1775 – 1817) English novelist We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only … Continue reading →

Angelou, Maya (1928 – ), US author & poet I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, … Continue reading →

Auden, W.H. (1907 – 1973) US (English-born) critic & poet One cannot review a bad book without showing off. False enchantment can last a lifetime. Evil is unspectacular and always human, And shares our bed and eats at our own … Continue reading →