Franchette Tone Quotes

#1. And what could be more frightening than a child with total power? A spear and sword are terrible, God knows. That is why the knight who carries them is first taught pity, justice, mercy, and only last
force.

John Steinbeck

#2. You wouldn't dare!"
I cocked my head at him and thought about it.
"Why do people say that?" I asked. "I don't understand it. It's like demanding whatever it is actually be done. It's tantamount to daring me to do it.

Garon Whited

#3. That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

Carol Kane

#4. All poems say the same thing, and each poem is unique. Each part reproduces the others, and each part is different.

Octavio Paz

#5. A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

Maurice Maeterlinck

#6. Clinton understands that in a competitive global economy we need the best-educated workforce in the world. She and I worked together on a proposal that will revolutionize higher education in America.

Bernie Sanders

#7. It seems as if life and hope must cease together.

Anne Bronte

#8. The Age of Reason was responsible for making more people into infidels than any other book except the Bible.

Gordon Stein

#9. Intuition is the only true guide in life.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#10. Men without joy seem like corpses.

Kathe Kollwitz

#11. And in most queer communities, regardless of one's sex or identity, people who are more masculine in gender expression are almost always viewed as more valid and attractive than their feminine counterparts.

Julia Serano

#12. I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind.

Angel Olsen

#13. I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years did computer programming to earn a living. I bought a house and put my wife and three children through college. Now that diversion is over so I can finally paint full time.

Mike Thompson

#14. Apparently, I'm a senstive guy. You didn't notice that about me right away?" He moved closer, carefully, slowly encroaching on her space. "I cry at chick flicks and weddings.

Stephanie Rowe

#15. No home-cooked food, no matter how delicious, can match the power of bringing people together in misty-eyed recollection of industrially produced food.

Bee Wilson