Prepossessions Define Quotes

#1. By stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.

Michael J. Gelb

#2. Kai grinned. He couldn't help it, and he did nothing to hide it when Levana turned a scowl on him. With a shrug, he told her, "She did warn you." Levana

Marissa Meyer

#3. It was part of the dichotomy of Alec that had caught Magnus unaware and left him fascinated - that Alec seemed old for his age, serious and responsible, and yet that he approached the world with a tender wonder that made all things new. Alec was a warrior who brought Magnus peace.

Cassandra Clare

#4. I occasionally laugh and tell him that his imperturbability is worth three hundred milligrams of lithium a day to me, and it is probably true.

Kay Redfield Jamison

#5. It is important what you eat now, what you do now. If we were interested in a sustainable planet where other generations have a right to a decent future, we would not live like this.

Sebastiao Salgado

#6. At school you were taught about chemicals in test tubes, equations to describe motion, and maybe something on photosynthesis - about which more later - but in all likelihood you were taught nothing about death, risk, statistics, and the science of what will kill or cure you.

Ben Goldacre

#7. The truth about stories is that that's all we are.

Thomas King