Nocturne Quotes

Enjoy the best quotes on Nocturne , Explore, save & share top quotes on Nocturne .

We lie to protect our children, and in lying we expose them to the greatest of harms

John Connolly
Save QuoteView Quote

I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets a bad rap; he's very misunderstood. He's a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers.

Joni Mitchell
Save QuoteView Quote

CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing.CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed.MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed.CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying.MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing.CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating.MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embr

Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes
Save QuoteView Quote

Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does ... Ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent.

Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes
Save QuoteView Quote

Approaching the state of Delaware, the dreamer is a small dog, dreaming impatiently of a past life, long forgotten, when he sailed tall ships across uncharted. The salt spray of the ocean stings my face.

Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes
Save QuoteView Quote

I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud

Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes
Save QuoteView Quote

I think I’ll dismember the world and then I’ll dance in the wreckage.

Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes
Save QuoteView Quote

Fifteen years ago I killed my sister.

Adam Rapp, Nocturne: A Play
Save QuoteView Quote

The ability to lie persuasively is one of the greatest gifts a woman can possess in this life. Some critics, principally men, will argue that deception in women is inherently evil; but having spent the last fifteen years of my life in the theater, I can attest that lying not only is sometimes expedient but can save one's career.

Amanda DeWees, Nocturne for a Widow
Save QuoteView Quote

You see, until then I'd been driven. I'd had a true quest, a purpose beyond my function - and then suddenly, the quest was over. I felt... drained. Disappointed. Let down.Does that make sense? I had been sure that as soon as I had everything back I'd feel good. But inside I felt worse than when I stared.

Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes
Save QuoteView Quote