42240 Quotes

#1. My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't invited to a party.' That always struck so true, and people always nod their heads when they hear that. Especially writers.

Chuck Palahniuk

#2. I am free in performing an action if I could have done otherwise if I had chosen to.

George Edward Moore

#3. Read books. As often as you can. Mostly classics.

Maura Kelly

#4. Enjoy what you have this moment. Don't wait around for something that might not happen.

Xena Thornton

#5. Pausing between clouds
the moon rests
in the eyes of its beholders

Matsuo Basho

#6. Your wolves have more wit than your maester," the wildling woman said. "They know truths the grey man has forgotten." The way she said it made him shiver, and when he asked what the comet meant, she answered, "Blood and fire, boy, and nothing sweet.

George R R Martin

#7. I was the kid who always hung back and then dropped the jokes when you least expected it. Timing was everything. My mouth sort of developed over time.

Jeff Ross

#8. So much had never been explained to her. They were that kind of family. Things necessary to know were passed along brother to brother, sister to sister, and this sufficient for most purposes, despite inevitable error and sensational.

Marilynne Robinson

#9. And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.

Kahlil Gibran

#10. Bryan - a great friend of mine, by the way - had a Neanderthal type of head, Burbank says. As to Riley, he has not even the oratorical skill of Bryan. The whole movement is based on the poor whites of the south.

Luther Burbank

#11. Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ryTay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last Sabbath day of1879, Which will be remember'd for a very long time.

William Topaz McGonagall

#12. PTSD is a disorder of recovery, and if treatment only focuses on identifying symptoms, it pathologizes and alienates vets. But if the focus is on family and community, it puts them in a situation of collective healing. Israel

Sebastian Junger