“ One of the dumbest things you were ever taught was to write what you know. Because what you know is usually dull. Remember when you first wanted to be a writer? Eight or ten years old, reading about t… Ken Kesey
“ The imagination needs moodling,--long, inefficient happy idling, dawdling and puttering. Brenda Ueland
“ During my worst timeson the park benchesin the jailsor living withwhoresI always had this certaincontentment-I wouldn't call ithappiness-it was more of an innerbalancethat settled forwhatever was occu… Charles Bukowski
“ While farmers contribute to our survival, let us also do our part by showing them respect in form of not wasting food. Mohith Agadi
“ Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments… Joss Whedon
“ You're a throwback.To what?Jess considered this. Hi-tech at work, Emily was paradoxically old-fashioned in her life. She didn't even own a television. The nineteenth century, Jess concluded. No. Eight… Allegra Goodman
“ Wait, I repeated.The darkness vanished, leaving Rhysand in his solid form as he grinned. Yes?I raised my chin as high as I could manage. Just two weeks?Just two weeks, he purred, and knelt before me.… Sarah J. Maas
“ Thomas Blanky wondered if he had been an instrument of evil — or perhaps just of folly — when he had used his more than three decades of ice-master skills to get 126 men the impossible 250 miles throu… Dan Simmons
“ Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops o… John Steinbeck
“ Sexually active? Sexually ? Patrick and I hadn't even learned the fine points of kissing yet!I marched on down. 'For your information,' I said from the doorway, as both Dad and Lester jerked to attent… Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“ Sempre più lento andava il pensieroso e si chiedeva frattanto: « Ma che è dunque ciò che avevi voluto apprendere dalle dottrine e dai maestri, e che essi, pur avendoti rivelato tante cose, non sono ri… Hermann Hesse
“ Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us, and that is them. This crucial principle, deeply embedded in Western… Noam Chomsky
