Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
What were we spending so much time doing if not getting to know each other?
The secret was a hole in the middle of me that every happy thing fell into.
If you promise you will get better instead of dying, I promise I will, too.
I have committed the worst of sins one can commit... I have not been happy.
The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy.
We have shared out, like thieves, the amazing treasures of days and nights.
The only time we can talk about death is while we're alive, not afterwards.
I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.
Man actually needs the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.
Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.
There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
I once owned a home on an island off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together.
Probably 95 percent of the things that are written never get on the screen.
Cops before breakfast.Before coffee even. As if Mondays weren't bad enough.
It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.
A cat improves the garden wall in sunshine, and the hearth in foul weather.
I wondered how it could be that people could love God and hate one another.
My greatest discovery has been my love of boredom and to get fun out of it.
As a novelist, I'm endlessly fascinated by human behavior and interactions.
Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful.
I am always a different man; a reinterpretation of the man I was yesterday.
The story you are afraid to write is usually the one you are meant to tell.
The thing about fate is, are you the master of your fate, or are the stars?
Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.
I am worthy of being read. I mean, one has to be convinced of one's genius.
I have almost never been compared to male writers in any review. All women.
Why is it so hard to articulate love yet so easy to express disappointment?
How seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right?
I love art and I think I was destined to end up in some aspect of the arts.
That's blackmail on top of attempted murder, Kye. I can officially kill you
I always try to stay as quiet as possible about a book until it's finished.
When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind.
But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.
I'm not good enough as a person and definitely not good enough as a writer.
The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.
Would you please do me the honor of telling me WHAT THE BLAZES IS GOING ON?
You're in fine temper," Raffin said. "Your hair is blue," she snapped back.
Promises were a lot like impressions. The second one didn't count for much.
There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.
If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.
If your brains were dynamite there wouldn't be enough to blow your hat off.