Nybakk's Quotes

#1. Nybakk's shotgun in Oppsal was the easier option. Furthermore, a shotgun gave him more room to maneuver. To retrieve the rifle

Jo Nesbo

#2. I listen to a lot of different stuff, from Mozart to Johnny Dowd to Monster Magnet. I don't listen to music while I'm writing a draft, but I do listen to it when I'm revising.

Donald Ray Pollock

#3. Being scared just meant you had something worth coming back to.

Jodi Picoult

#4. Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level,
But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils.

KRS-One

#5. I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics.

Charles Busch

#6. I definitely think men can be leaders. I see an analogy in the case of what helped me think about racism, which was to find parallels with sexism. In other words, I don't think I was such a great ally until I got mad on my own behalf.

Gloria Steinem

#7. The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody.

Kurt Vonnegut

#8. The initial impetus to cross lines of race and heritage with the Gospel of Jesus Christ arose not from a committee planning world evangelization, but from God himself.

D. A. Carson

#9. Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses.

Stephen King

#10. "Ah, Miss, hope is an excellent thing for such as has the spirits to bear it!" said Mrs Wickam, shaking her head. "My own spirits is not equal to it, but I don't owe it any grudge. I envys them that is so blest!"

Charles Dickens

#11. A lot of irrational behavior would look more rational if you could see it in the context of your whole long life.

Ann Brashares

#12. The very fact that we have access to God's attention and presence should concentrate the thoughts and elevate the heart.

Timothy Keller

#13. I have a free wheeling mind with dodgy brakes. Once I start going downhill I find it hard to stop and usually end up going over the handlebars.

Gillibran Brown