Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
We must always skim over pleasures. They are like marshy lands that we must travel nimbly, hardly daring to put down our feet.
Nothing erodes [a mother's love]. It is not sand on a beach. It is the nuclear heart of things-hard as the rock of this earth.
We'll leave now, so that this moment will remain a perfect memory...let it be our song and think of me every time you hear it.
Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances.
When the idea of permaculture came to me, it was like a shift in the brain, and suddenly I couldn't write it down fast enough.
I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.
The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world.
The 8 key words that will move practically anyone to your side of the issue: 'If you can't do it, I'll definitely understand.'
Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.
Success is buried on the other side of frustration; unfortunately some people don't do what it takes to get to the other side.
Business coaching and the personal development and self-help industry is considered to be one of the booming industries today.
Joy comes to us in moments--ordina ry moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.
Reality doesn't wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.
Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.
The ego is like a tired old dog. We can never kill it, so put it out on the back porch, let it rest there, and step around it.
A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting.
Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you.
Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it.
Stroke followed stroke with the velocity of light. The movement of my hand was interrupted only by the act of changing colors.
Silence is a learned practice that requires far more than just not talking. Not talking is not silence; it's just not talking.
Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.
Life has this in common with prizefighting: if you've received a belly blow, it's likely to be followed by a right to the jaw.
When we choose to obey God and give our bodies to our husbands—even if we don’t feel like it—God will reward us with pleasure.
But I think it has to do with what you believe about yourself. If you believe you're damned, then you are. But if you don't...
I hate to break it to you, but if he's interested in your highly personal areas, he probably isn't interested in your sisters.
I figured all your classes were stuff like Slaughter 101 and Beheading for Beginners." Jace flipped a page. "Very funny, Fray.
He has fought many battles with us" (Jace) By which you mean one battle" muttered Simon. "Two if you count the one I was a rat
I know you feel inhuman, and as if you are set apart, away from life and love, but... I promise you, the right man won't care.
But-Jace what are you doing?' 'Finishing my shower. And if you‘ve made me run through all the hot water, I‘ll be very annoyed.
You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me.
I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual," added Magnus. "Please never say those words in front of my parents," said Alec.
Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes.
Henry's breath hissed out through his teeth. That ba-bad man, he finished, with a quick glance at Cecily, who rolled her eyes.
God's way of dealing with us is to throw us into situations over our depth, then supply us with the necessary ability to swim.
… the world will indulge you just so long Asher Lev. Then it will stop. You will simply have to grow accustomed to that truth.
When do you manipulate others for your own advantage? When I notice myself doing it, usually it is when I am feeling insecure.
But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.
Let children feed on the good, the excellent, the great! Don't get in their way with little lectures, facts, and guided tours!
When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read a hundred times before.
The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who.
Jenn: Do you love him? Ani: Yeah, I do. Jenn: Then you can forgive him. It's not worth it to let love slip through your hands.
Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.
The companies we admire are like the people we admire: resilient, authentic, personable, collaborative, ambitious, and humble.
When you’re at the beginning, don’t obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there.
Rape, mutilation, abuse, and theft are the natural outcome of a world in which force rules, in which human beings are objects.
We are destroying the world's greatest pharmacy. It is very important that we protect the rainforest in everything that we do.
A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.
You are a vampire. That's big news in my world. I don't generally date the living dead. What sort of dead do you usually date?