Top 9 Quotes by Arthur Phillips

The strangest thing. I came to the end of other people so quickly. Each new person was like a glass of water, and at the beginning I was parched, but then each glass tasted a little worse, the water was grittier, and by

The strangest thing. I came to the end of other people so quickly. Each new person was like a glass of water, and at the beginning I was parched, but then each glass tasted a little worse, the water was grittier, and by the end even the first sip was enough to make me gag, you know?

Arthur Phillips

Glasses, Water, People

Arthur Phillips (2010). “The Song is You”, p.254, Gerald Duckworth & Co

Love is not sufficient. It never has been. Stories that claim otherwise are lies. There's always SOMETHING after happily ever after.

Arthur Phillips

Lying, Love Is, Stories

Arthur Phillips (2010). “The Song is You”, p.270, Gerald Duckworth & Co

He fell in love with Manhattan's skyline, like a first-time brothel guest falling for a seasoned professional. He mused over her reflections in the black East River at dusk, dawn, or darkest night, and each haloed light-in a tower or strung along the jeweled and sprawling spider legs of the Brooklyn Bridge's spans-hinted at some meaning, which could be understood only when made audible by music and encoded in lyrics.

Arthur Phillips

Fall, Reflection, Night

Arthur Phillips (2004). “The Egyptologist: A Novel”, p.515, Random House

There are few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful arrangement.

Arthur Phillips

Order, Contemplation, Arrangements

It was so much easier to be alone, if one could find just the right location.

Arthur Phillips

Location, Easier, Ifs

Arthur Phillips (2002). “Prague: A Novel”, p.126, Random House

How much of life could he spend aching? Aching is not a stable condition; it must resolve into something

Arthur Phillips

Resolve, Conditions, Stable

Arthur Phillips (2009). “The Song Is You: A Novel”, p.210, Random House

The truth is, anyone who puts so much of herself and her life into art as you do must naturally fear any failure in that art as a potential threat to your life. And so you protect your art more than you protect your health or the common forms of happiness the rest of us have. And you probably have this in common with every artist you admire.

Arthur Phillips

Art, Common, Truth Is