Blue Ridge Mountain Sayings

#1. Our lives depend on recognizing that human cloning, like all forms of 'playing God,' is a moral, life-promoting endeavor.

Alex Epstein

#2. KEEP BOOKS DANGEROUS
Support small press
publishers, writers,
& artists.

Hosho McCreesh

#3. Ants shape each other's behavior by exchanging chemicals. We do it by standing in front of each other, peering into each other's eyes, waving our hands and emitting strange sounds from our mouths. Human-to-human

Chris J. Anderson

#4. I feel so rude-O don't even know your name.
He bowed. I'm Erik.
Erik?
Yes.
Huh. I expected something a bit different.
He shrugged. Well, that's the closet translation.

Kiera Cass

#5. I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.

David Walliams

#6. Systems Thinkers shape a worldview based on the realization of interconnectedness.

Pearl Zhu

#7. The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.

Publilius Syrus

#8. The cosmic perspective reminds us that in space, where there is no air, a flag will not wave - an indication that perhaps flag waving and space exploration do not mix.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#9. A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

Mahatma Gandhi

#10. Unconscious decisions for action go on constantly inside the head.

Robert E. Ornstein

#11. I stared down the wall, which did not stare back at me. I wouldn't let her rattle me. The cart barely had any books on it, and the ones there were just tossed on, upside down, disorganized. It hurt to look.

Nova Ren Suma

#12. Why couldn't we put on a defense? I had seventeen witnesses standing outside the door. They just dropped the defense and went on to the penalty phase. Like everything was cut and dry before it went off to martini land.

Charles Manson

#13. They were as pure as flowers.

Natasha Preston

#14. You're beautiful, Roza. So beautiful it hurts me.

Richelle Mead