Famous and Literary Exemplars
A list of famous night owls includes:
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For Robert Louis Stevenson, "there is a romance about all those who are abroad in the black hours."
In Jayne Ann Krentz's Truth or Dare, "Arcadia and Harry were both creatures of the night. They managed to appear oddly stylish at one-thirty in the morning." When Arcadia's life is threatened, Harry suggests they immediately contact their friendly neighbourhood P.I., only for Arcadia to object: '"It's one-thirty a.m. He and Zoe will be sound asleep." "Not our fault those two keep weird hours."'
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or literary:
“Towns are full of people, houses full of tenants, hotels full of guests, trains full of travelers, cafés full of customers, parks full of promenaders, consulting-rooms of famous doctors full of patients, theatres full of spectators, and beaches full of bathers. What previously was, in general, no problem, now begins to be an everyday one, namely, to find room.”
—José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)
“A literary woman’s best critic is her husband ...”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)