Itses Tely Quotes

#1. The illusion of depth in a character is created simply by withholding information from an audience. A character will seem complex and intriguing only if we don't know the reasons why.

Eleanor Catton

#2. My books are inspired by children - sometimes my own.
My writing is powered by chocolate - not always my own!

Cas Lester

#3. Believe the unbelievable and receive the impossible.

Jesse Duplantis

#4. Unhappy, but not unhappy enough.

Samuel Beckett

#5. Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world.

Mads Mikkelsen

#6. On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#7. I'm a hopeless romantic, I say very loudly and proudly. I get a lot of stick for it.

Alex Pettyfer

#8. Since January 2003, at the height of the debate on the possible unilateral strike against Iraq, I have advocated for a reinstatement of the military draft to ensure a more equitable representation of people making sacrifices in wars in which the United States is engaged.

Charles B. Rangel

#9. It is your own fault, said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you . . .

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

#10. When I left college I thought - based on a staggeringly inadequate understanding of how the world worked - that I might like to go into book publishing.

Lev Grossman

#11. Grace happens when we act with others on behalf of our world.

Joanna Macy