Penguin Quotes

“You will have memories
Because of what we did back then
When we were new at this,

Yes, we did many things, then - all
Beautiful...”
― Sappho, Come Close

“I declare
That later on,
Even in an age unlike our own,
Someone will remember who we are.”
― Sappho, Come Close

“Our wings serve as flippers that carry us across the ocean; not in the sky!
Why, us penguins have so much fun time in the water, we don't even want to fly!”
― Jasmine Martin, Whimsy Girl

“like a soulmate he's your penguin”
― Christina Perri

“I am glad The Worst Journey is coming out in Penguins: after all it is largely about penguins.”
― Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World

“Why had this penguin come to mean so much? That, at least, is easy to explain. Anybody who suddenly moves far from family and friends and the pets they love, feels a .. vulnerable emptiness. It is inevitable; even despite the sensational compensation. Nature upholds a vacuum and it was into this space that Juan Salvador rushed. At first, he occupied it, and then he filled and dominated it. It was not big enough for him, and so he stretched it; expanded it beyond the measure. I didn't think about it, it just happened; and then, he was gone. Of course, time moves on and new family and friends and pets jostle for position in our heart, but the vacancy left by previous occupants never fills. We keep our loved ones alive throughout our memory, our conversations and our stories, but we don't necessarily choose to reveal how much they really meant. We don't have to. Anybody who lost a pet knows.”
― Tom Michell, The Penguin Lessons

“The people did not go away, of course; once a people arise, they never go away (a fact which should be included in the Marine handbook).”
― James Baldwin

“They said you are a bird,
And birds should soar high.

So I spread my wings,
And decided to touch the sky.

Foolish me -- for I am a penguin,
And penguins can never fly.”
― Shon Mehta

“[Lord Horror] was so unique and radical, I expected to go to prison for it. I always thought that if you wrote a truly dangerous book -- something dangerous would happen to you. Which is one reason there are so few really dangerous books around. Publishers play at promoting dangerous books, whether they're Serpent's Tail or Penguin. All you get is a book vetted by committee, never anything radically imaginative or offensive that will take your fucking head off. Ironically, I think it would do other authors a power of good if they had to account for their books by going to prison -- there are far too many bad books being published!”
― David Britton

“Why . . . would a penguin be in a piss pot?”
― Pat Shand, Destiny, NY, Volume One: Who I Used to Be

“Wait, seriously, what's a piss pot?”
― Pat Shand, Destiny, NY, Volume One: Who I Used to Be

“And long gone are the days when a paperback meant a Penguin, pure and simple, let alone when a paperback publisher could confidently market a product with no image at all on the cover - just the title and the author's name, emphatically lettered. Beautiful.”
― Penelope Lively, Dancing Fish and Ammonites: A Memoir

“Learn new things, you never know, when it may come in handy.”
― Dr.Hoot

“Cannibal Penguin FTW!!”
― Lauren Beukes, Zoo City

“Learn new things,
you never know,
when it may come in handy.”
― Dr.Hoot