Zakakiou Quotes

#1. Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world.

James Patterson

#2. The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I could write the word love a thousand times and it would mean a thousand different things to different readers.

Jodi Picoult

#3. I like the smell of toast. Coffee is okay, but I don't drink much coffee. But toast is a nice smell. You smell some toast coming from your kitchen in the morning, you know that you're involved in a domestic situation and the operation that's going on is pleasant.

Robert Duvall

#4. But it's mine," he whispered against my cheek and then his mouth moved to my ear. "All, fuckin', mine.

Kristen Ashley

#5. Life is a race for those who want success and journey for those who want to live their dreams.

Asim Khan

#6. Lovely morning! How lovely life can be!

Thomas Merton

#7. So the poor instead of bread made do with a picture of the bleeding scourged and nailed-up Christ and prayed to that image of their helplessness

Peter Weiss

#8. I will conquer the whole world and fill it with myself

Rumi

#9. People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.

Andrew Cuomo

#10. The night is made for tenderness,
so still that the low whisper, scarcely audible, is heard like music,
and so deeply pure that the fond thought is chastened as it springs and on the lip made holy.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

#11. true acting out is an expression of intense underlying affects without conscious awareness of them, not just another undesirable and difficult patient behavior

James A. Chu

#12. I don't allow flying nuns in my convent," she said. "They tend to be frivolous, and during night flight, they're prone to crashing through windows.

Dean Koontz

#13. Yes, God knew the number of a man's days. But sometimes that number was small because the enemy had cut it short.

Karen Kingsbury

#14. I can't eat pizza. If we actually end up with a pizza, it's going to be your responsibility to consume it. Do not let me have any. Even if I ask for some." He pauses. "I'll probably ask for some.

Robin Sloan