Krylenko Quotes

#1. In the period of dictatorship, surrounded on all sides by enemies, we sometimes manifested unnecessary leniency and unnecessary softheartedness.
Krylenko,
speech at the Promparty trial

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#2. Truth must evolve' - how very convenient for liars.

Joyce Carol Oates

#3. So research is a terribly imperfect science, and you learn an awful lot more after you've published a book, because people keep writing to you and saying, 'Oh, gosh, I was related to such and such a character and I have a letter in my possession.'

Simon Winchester

#4. Ursula found herself dwelling on Hugh's death, his absence more than his death.

Kate Atkinson

#5. The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so free of impurities. You get drugged by it, like when you listen to one of your favorite songs. The light there is a mood-enhancing substance.

Jon Krakauer

#6. With the R&B, gospel feel that 'Sparkle' has, that opens the door for my fans to be more accepting of that sound and also for me to try it.

Jordin Sparks

#7. I'm kind of a hermit - it's almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect.

Carrie Brownstein

#8. The goal is to be both disciplined and loose, so that the writing does not turn into a task or a chore. To leave myself behind, along with the mechanics, and disappear into the lives of my characters.

Pete Hamill

#9. I'm an American, I'm a Jew, and I write for all men.

Bernard Malamud

#10. To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.

Amy Van Dyken

#11. Ministry is not about where you are or where you go, it is about where He is.

Heidi Baker

#12. We all need to be reminded to stay connected to the essence of who we are, to take care of ourselves along the way, to reach out to others, to pause to wonder and to connect to that place from which everything is possible.

Arianna Huffington

#13. People find hope, comfort, or confidence in making the sign of the cross or not walking under a ladder, just as you find hope and confidence in offering a pennant to the witch. Magic exists in the minds of those who believe in it, not in its actual influence on reality.

Thomas Olde Heuvelt