Undersell Papyrus Quotes

#1. I was a math whiz who stunk at English, so of course I wanted to be a writer more than anything in the world. I performed impromptu plays for my grandmother's sewing circle but forced my little sister to ask for ketchup at McDonald's.

Alethea Kontis

#2. I wish I were not quite so lonely - and so poor. And yet I love both my loneliness and my poverty. The former makes me appreciate the companionship of the wind and rain, while the latter preserves my liver and prevents me wasting time in dancing attendance upon women.

Algernon Blackwood

#3. History is an agreed-upon fiction.

Diane Ackerman

#4. Girls are always talking about electricity in their romance, but none are too happy to actually be electrocuted, apparently. Bloody confusing, is what it is.

Tahereh Mafi

#5. A compromise is but an act of Congress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives us no security. But the Constitution is stable. It is a rock.

John C. Calhoun

#6. Lifes like a painters palette, just when you've got everything worked out the colours change

Benny Bellamacina

#7. Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?

Thich Nhat Hanh

#8. Try really, really hard not to judge your own work too harshly.

Rebecca Stead

#9. Nothing can replace your time and your strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. I hate watching myself on screen! I absolutely hate it, it's so hard to watch. I can see myself in magazines, but watching on TV or movies is like, 'Ugh.'

Kristin Cavallari

#11. The criticism from the other side of [race] debate - and these are not necessarily I think defenders of [Donald] Trump, but they're certainly quick to say, you know, if you're going to live by the race card, you die by the race card.

Dahlia Lithwick