Spelvin Holmes Quotes

#1. Stories that pander to your every readerly desire and whim are like overly loyal dogs that live for the simple glow of your approval. I'm a cat person. I like a little aloofness in my pets and my writing.

Alden Bell

#2. What we are as actors, for better and for worse, is visible.

Scott Bakula

#3. I think that having a job in journalism, despite all of the changes, is still a fantastic way to be - make a living observing your society and having a chance to use your voice.

Ellen Goodman

#4. The more kilos you have to move around, the more it weighs on your knees. Then of course in terms of stamina, the way you move around, it's a little extra. It might not be much, but when you exercise with two, three extra kilos, you can feel a difference; it's important.

Amelie Mauresmo

#5. I bang my head on a pipe. We both laugh. "This thing was not built for this," I say.

Hugh Howey

#6. Get jailed, jump bail, join the Army if you fail.

Bob Dylan

#7. You worry about hurting me, but you never seem to worry about me hurting you. And I'm the one with the killer touch.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#8. Is your inner vampire different from your ... outer vampire?'
'Definitely. He wants me to wear midriff-baring shirts and a fedora.'
'So your inner vampire is Magnus?

Cassandra Clare

#9. Tranquility, serenity, and beauty of nature taught me how to find happiness in life and in the silence of eternity.

Debasish Mridha

#10. Sometimes you hurt people even if it's the last thing you want to do.

Veronica Rossi

#11. I can't even look at daily comic strips. And I hate sitcoms because they don't seem like real people to me: they're props that often say horrible things to each other, which I don't find funny. I have to feel like they're real people.

Roz Chast

#12. Family. The greatest loyalty after God in the world.

Sarah Dunant