Iconoclastic Dissident Quotes

#1. She had taken her vows and then they had taken her, and the forces amassed against her were greater than love, greater than obligation. They were elemental, heavy as a dead planet.

Haven Kimmel

#2. Yes, oh dear, yes, the novel tells a story.

E. M. Forster

#3. You have to have the right sort of stone. Peridot for mothers, girasol for lovers, sapphire for sadness, and garnet for joy.

Catherynne M Valente

#4. I only put clothes on so that I'm not naked when I go out shopping.

Julia Roberts

#5. Hope, he joked. Always the last to die.

Jose Eduardo Agualusa

#6. Forgiveness took time, I decided. It was a process. Better to start slowly than not at all.

Becca Fitzpatrick

#7. The more dynamic the capitalistic expansion, the greater the disparity. It is from the disparity that we are going to get all the political upheaval for the next few years.

Robert D. Kaplan

#8. Men should be what they seem.

William Shakespeare

#9. The truth is I haven't always been able to figure out how to take the next step toward belonging. To do so, I am going to have to expose myself in ways that feel needy and, well, gross.

Erin S. Lane

#10. The Art of Vermeer must have been there on the morning of creation.

Frederick Sommer

#11. Sometimes the walk to the doctors is a better cure than the medicine you receive

Benny Bellamacina

#12. Intent matters. If you believe you're charmed, capable, likable, popular, then you are.

Brenna Yovanoff