Selichot Quotes

#1. Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas.

Brian Selznick

#2. The Past, being in the mode of memory, is closed, inalienable, and irreparable ...

Susanne Katherina Langer

#3. Stupidity is not my strong point.

Paul Valery

#4. The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

James Daly

#5. Talking to yourself proves only one thing: you're still unable to tell the difference between good and bad company.

Guy Finley

#6. My brain ... it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, 'You're a failure' ... I think that's almost worse than death.

Kobe Bryant

#7. For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

A.A. Milne

#8. Kings kill; jesters don't; therefore the jesters of the kings are more valuable than the kings!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#9. my story is that more than sex or death or the remote possibility of God, there was one thing more fundamental to my way of being in the world than any other, and that was the all-pervading influence of a mother; and not just her influence, but her presence and her love.

Michael Harding

#10. I loved Anne Rice's 'Interview with a Vampire' and 'The Vampire Lestat'. I found a copy of 'Interview' when I was in seventh grade at a garage sale for 25 cents. It had a crazy cover.

Holly Black

#11. Life is a gift, and i try to respond with grace and courtesy.

Maya Angelou

#12. For a child, being a child comes naturally. It is
relatively simple. But for an adult to become a father, it is quite another story.

Anupam Sibal

#13. Of course I have the license to make up things, but I think a lot of what's written about China is misleading, and most Americans don't know much about China, in-depth, even though China is such a crucial business partner, rival, whatever.

Anchee Min

#14. I'm a libertarian. I think a lot of people are libertarians and are afraid to admit it - or don't know.

Kurt Russell

#15. But perhaps a person only has two real residences: the childhood home and the grave.

Valeria Luiselli