Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute Quotes

#1. Dawn crept over the Downs like a sinister white animal, followed by the snarling cries of a wind eating its way between the black boughs of the thorns. The wind was the furious voice of this sluggish animal light that was baring the dormers and mullions and scullions of Cold Comfort Farm.

Stella Gibbons

#2. There's nothing wrong with me ... except acute chronic fear.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#3. Faith is an act whereby they learn their God.

Geoffrey Wood

#4. I had won the argument, but somehow, as in our college days, he had won the audience.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

#5. Is this some kind of joke?" "I have no sense of humor." She'd heard that about Raphael.

Larissa Ione

#6. The concept of the benevolent dictator, just like the concepts of the noble thief or the honest whore, is no more than a meaningless fantasy.

Alaa Al Aswany

#7. Because I'm trying to notice, these days, when I'm making shit harder than it has to be. I'm trying to notice when there's something I want and I'm throwing obstacles up in front of it for no reason at all.

Robin York

#8. I hate being a mercenary," he said. "You know why?

Brandon Sanderson

#9. Somebody asked me, 'Why do people like vampires so much?' This was right after Obama had been elected and I said, 'Because we just spent eight years being sucked dry by one.'

Alan Ball

#10. Reminder that gentleness can fix in a moment what an hour of shouting fails to achieve.

John Wooden

#11. I can't take it y'all
I can feel the city breathin
Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening
Sigh before we die like the last train leaving

Mos Def

#12. We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked ... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.

Liv Ullmann

#13. I have a couple of dozen books on my reader: ideal for a long trip or an afternoon waiting at the medical clinic. It's flexible.

Barbara Hambly

#14. It is important to recognize guilt as the temporary teacher it is.

Rebekah Elizabeth Gamble

#15. If somebody learns how to phrase things beautifully, they might be able to persuade you of something that isn't true.

Mark Forsyth