Stansson Studio Quotes

#1. Women are terrifying to men,' he whispered, 'because they can break them with the simplest word or briefest glance.'

Now she smiled. 'Not if they care for them.

Ian C. Esslemont

#2. I stand there
And no one knew me
I reach for her
She looks right through me
I can search this world over
She can't see me
I drown in tears
They look right through me

Christine Zolendz

#3. This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one another. Now we have been rendered permanent children. It's the architects of forced schooling who are responsible for that.

John Taylor Gatto

#4. To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use.

Sri Aurobindo

#5. Silly man, doesn't he know money is imaginary? It's paper that turns into numbers on screens, after all. It's there, then it's gone. I put it places, I take it out, I move it someplace else. Imaginary. Most things are imaginary, when you think about it.

Kiersten White

#6. I am Alice in Wonderland', Josie thought. 'Watch me fall.

Jodi Picoult

#7. Good works are the seals and proofs of faith; for even as a letter must have a seal to strengthen the same, even so faith must have good works.

Martin Luther

#8. If you're at an antiques fair, and have been unable to beat the dealer down earlier in the day, pay a return visit at the end. They may be more inclined to accept your offer, rather than having to pack the piece up and take it home.

Judith Miller

#9. I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.

Chris Bohjalian

#10. In the pit of red You hid from the bone-clinic whiteness But the jewel you lost was blue.

Ted Hughes