Torkild Larsen Quotes

#1. We so much want social connection that we become afraid to say something that might make another person reject us. And yet, being vulnerable and having empathy are the most connecting things we can practice.

Iben Dissing Sandahl

#2. Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.

Noel Coward

#3. Linda Svendsen's 'Marine Life' was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked.

Michael Winter

#4. I believe, very strongly, that it is the responsible, adult, recreational, no apologies necessary, 'it just makes my music more fun,' recreational use of marijuana is a civil liberty.

Rick Steves

#5. In the dark you have to describe yourself. In the daylight other people describe you.

Fynn

#6. To be confronted with a simple and unqualified evil is no doubt a kind of luxury ...

Richard Hofstadter

#7. I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades, who also happens to be Muslim.

Reza Aslan