Insula Quotes

#1. Perhaps we are on an insula ex machina, an artificial place not in the real world at all
a backdrop for the stories we must tell.

Kate Atkinson

#2. Like depression, loneliness arises from unhappiness creating thoughts feeding into the insula, deepening the negative spiral of thoughts and feelings.

David Michie

#3. The nation demands a movement which has written upon its banner the internal and external national freedom that it will act as if it were the spiritual, social and political conscience of the nation.

Franz Von Papen

#4. I am excited by Samantha Hunt. She's a writer I really admire a lot.

Rick Moody

#5. I only have a day to give - so why can't it be a good
one? Why can't it be a shared one? Why can't I take the music of the moment and see
how long it can last?

David Levithan

#6. The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God.

A.W. Tozer

#7. I do mostly comedy, and it tends to be a subtler comedy. But I think that probably lends itself well to commercials.

Allyn Rachel

#8. As sculptors chip away the stone in order to find the statue, writers chip away extraneous verbiage so readers can see the shape of an idea clearly. My gift is to see through the confusion, to bring order and simplicity to a story.

Leslie Parrish

#9. Glad you're back to normal. The makeup and the dress were a lot more intimidating than the dagger."
"Get going, Sparky, before I skewer you."
"Sparky?

Rick Riordan

#10. Language makes infinite use of finite media.

Wilhelm Von Humboldt

#11. The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

Quentin Crisp

#12. Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.

Golda Meir

#13. That you could fix me? What's more, that I could fix you? Well, Sorry, pet, I don't want to be fixed. - Caleb

C.J. Roberts

#14. When a storm of devastation approaches you from all directions it readily knows your unlimited potential of fighting back.

Mumtaz Kazmi

#15. I took the volume to a table, opened its soft, ivory pages ... and fell into it as into a pool during dry season.

Janet Fitch

#16. Every old goalkeeper loses a step at some point, but you can gain that back through experience.

Tim Howard

#17. Popularity's a weird thing. You can't really define it, and it's not cool to talk about, but you know it when you see it. Like a lazy eye, or porn.

Lauren Oliver