Audrey Niffenegger Quote

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap...

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists.

If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Most police cars are the equivalent of an electrical room on wheels and it does not surprise me that police officers that spend time in such a biologically toxic environment are displaying aggression.

Before you're given what you want, you'll first be tested with what you don't really want.