Daringgreatly Quotes

#1. The imperfect book that gets published is better than the perfect book that never leaves my computer.

Gretchen Rubin

#2. It's not the medium that's the message - it's consciousness - the wonder of being able to wonder ...

John Geddes

#3. One problem with the work of the New Critics was that their close readings, no matter how brilliant, could not deliver all they seemed to promise.

Jewel Spears Brooker

#4. If you prefer, I can acquire a windowless creeper van, and we can huddle in it and eat greasy take out.

Ilona Andrews

#5. Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?

Buster Keaton

#6. Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own context.

Haruki Murakami

#7. When I started out, I struggled, and I was broke a lot. But I'm glad I struggled, and I'm glad I was broke a lot.

Richard Lewis

#8. She shook her head. I didn't stand a chance, did I? It's been you the whole time.

Kiera Cass

#9. Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

Shel Silverstein

#10. The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to children's stories or fairy tales.

Yehuda Amichai

#11. Avery: Yeah right, very funny, when are you going to shoot me and dump my body at captree? This is Getting old.

H.M. Ward

#12. All that any of us has to do in this world is his simple duty

Henry Clay Trumbull

#13. The right kind of love is supposed to bring out the best in people.It adds to your life,fills in all those gaps you didn't even realize where there.

Cambria Hebert

#14. Look at your watch now. You're still a super hot female.

Gwen Stefani

#15. All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?

Steven Saylor

#16. Had I been too selfish? I had never known my mother, but I knew my life as it had been without her: the ship, the sea, the myths, the maps . . . and, yes, Kashmir. The pain I felt at the thought of losing him - the same pain that kept me at arm's length - gave me a hint of my father's own struggle.

Heidi Heilig