Terry Spear Quotes

“He smiled at her as Julia threw a snowball at Calla that missed her by a mile. Grinning, Calla quickly armed herself and threw one at Julia; only it missed her too and hit Guthrie in the crotch. Good thing it was soft snow. He grinned and wiped off the snow, slowly, deliberately, wolfishly.Calla looked like she could burst into flames, she was so red faced. He started laughing.”

“An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.”

“I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.”

“That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.”

“When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.”

“That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. ”

“When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.”

“You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.”

“Please tell me this is easier to take off than it was to put on.”Calla raised a brow. “You do not think Master Kell knows how?”

“But nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it.”