Quotes by American Authors - Page 1101

The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in itself, he is going to take great pains to control every excess, everything that does not contribute to this central meaning and design. He cannot indulge in sentimentality, in propagandizing, or in pornography and create a work of art, for all these things are excesses. They call attention to themselves and distract from the work as a whole.
Flannery O'Connor
Wade straight through life, right through the cesspool, while keeping eyes and heart open.
Donna Tartt
Why would anyone want perfection when growth comes from flaws?
Shannon L. Alder
Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed.
William Faulkner
Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection, down among a million same." - A Perfect Circle.
Maynard James Keenan
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
W.C.Fields
Don't stay away from me anymore."I stop myself, just barely, from telling him I won't. I can't promise that. Can't
Sophie Jordan
When evil rules a time and place, certain good people are called upon to tell the truth to those who don't want to hear it.
Anne F. Rockwell
Begin accepting the gift now, and have every beautiful and good thing in life — and then share.
Bryant McGill
The king is dead. Long live the queen.
Marie Lu
I suppose that I have not many months to live: but of course I know nothing about it. I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.
Henry David Thoreau
Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.
Robert A. Heinlein
Arms still crossed, Lindsay's clogs tapped on the sidewalk. “So Sam didn’t tell you I was a desperate orphan child with no life outside of work? This isn’t some kind of intervention, some lame attempt to cheer me up?” tHe grinned.“Why would she do that?”t“Because that’s how it sounded.” tNudging her shoulder, he grinning down at her. “You don’t look desperate, Dr. Lindsay, not by a long shot. t“That’s because you don’t know me.” Lindsay bit her lower lip, arms still crossed, clogs still tap-tap-tapping. Her chest heaved. “My parent’s died in a car accident almost two years ago. It’s a difficult thing to get over. I’m still not exactly right. I guess she worries about me.” tTy sucked in his breath, thinking fast. “I’m really sorry about your parents, Linds.” tAs he put an arm around her shoulder, she broke into a self-conscious smile, and shook her head. “Spend any time with me at all and you’ll find that Sam’s right. I’m a desperate orphan child, completely paranoid and irrepressibly horny.” t “Whoa!” She looked so cute, but vulnerable, too, against him. He closed the arm around her shoulder, squeezing her sideways to his chest. Embarrassed, she smiled as she elbowed his rib. Then she dropped her arms and stayed put, tucked close against him. It felt right, having her there.
Lilly Christine
Sell the results, not the nuts and bolts.
Richie Norton
Tonight Must Last Us Forever
Paul Stanley
The page contained a single, unfamiliar symbol. It looked like a backward S with the diagonals of an open triangle cutting through it. A straight line bisected both shapes. Could be creepy. Could be nothing.
Erin Kellison
Not everyone takes action to harvest the experiences of the seasons of life in order to enjoy their bounty.
Andrea Goeglein
Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.
Anaïs Nin
You are all that exists on the earth and under the sky that I do love. - Keiran
Cassandra Clare
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Dan Wells
There’s a much different message received, when the signs written in the flesh were not in your hand writing.
Dixie Waters
What we do determines much of what happens in the world to come, not just for ourselves, but for those around us.
Lori Hatcher
Let me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel
Joan Didion
Don't be a fool for the Devil, darling.
Anne Rice
If wool shrinks when you wash it, why don't sheep get smaller when it rains?
Ron Brackin
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Oprah Winfrey
If you put out acceptance and warmth, you tend to attract the same.
Deborah Day
We have found that no modern prescriptions heal the human heart so fully or so well as the prescription of the Ancient Ones. "To the hills," they would say. To which we would add, "To the trees, the valleys, and the streams, as well." For there is a power in nature that man has ignored. And the result has been heartache and pain.
Anasazi Foundation
Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.
Sharon Salzberg
All the elements of greater emotional awareness can weave together to ensure you make a more positive impact.
Susan C.Young
The drum to which we march reveals the conductor to whom we’re listening.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
Life is meaningless, when we take a life we take nothing of value.
Brent Weeks
How you feel at the time affects how you receive and react to communication from others. You have to put on your objective eyes and ears in order to be consistently fair. - Charmainsim
Charmaine Smith Ladd
There is nothing particularly special about that location of the centre of mass. If you were to find yourself at the precise spot that is the centre of mass of the earth-moon system, the only thing unusual that you would notice is that there would be one thousand miles of rock on top of your head.Pluto is only about twice the size of Charon, so if you put Pluto and Charon on the cosmic seesaw you would find that the balance point is a little bit outside Pluto, rather than inside it. Again, there is nothing particularly special going on there. If you were to find yourself at that precise spot, you would only notice that you were very, very cold and could no longer breathe.
Mike Brown
Social change doesn’t happen overnight: It takes decades for momentum to build and for the once-radical edge to become mainstream.
Dr. Jean M. Twenge
Life is a series of relapses and recoveries.
George Ade
The world is my country all mankind are my brethren and to do good is my religion.
Thomas Paine
I was nervous and confident at the same time nervous about going out there in front of all of those people with so much at stake and confident that I was going to go out there and win.
Althea Gibson
Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves
Dathan Auerbach
Keep moving!” “Bea’s arguing with the floor.
Joel N. Ross
Every man in it is a great man an orator a critic a statesman and therefore every man upon every question must show his oratory his criticism and his political abilities.
John Adams
I'm sorry," he says."What? Why?""You're fixing everything I set down." He nods at my hands, which are readjusting the elephant. "It wasn't polite of me to come in and start touching your things.""Oh, it's okay," I say quickly, letting go of the figurine. "You can touch anything of mine you want." would be so bad.
Stephanie Perkins
Sometimes when you get older—and I'm not talking about you, I'm talking generally, because everyone ages differently—things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they're a part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they're not true—why, then you get offended.
Sara Gruen
If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
George Carlin
An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.
Edith Wharton
Mercy ministry always comes down to this: you can help, but only Jesus can heal.
Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
I don't think I'll ever grow old and say, "What was I thinking eating all those fruits and vegetables?
Nancy S. Mure
You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself.Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self.Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy.Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself.Otherwise, cede your gavel.
Vera Nazarian
We do not know what it's like to be a bat, we do not know what it's like to be in coma. we can't even say that we know what it's like to be sleeping. We can say what it's like to be restored to consciousness after sleeping. If there are no dreams during our sleep then the sleeping life is an empty life. We might say of such a life that it's not like being anything. We protect that life on the assumption that come the morning its normal functions will be restored. Suppose it was the case however that such functions were only restored every two days... every eight days... twice a year but only briefly. I assume the point is clear. Actions that end life are irretrievable. If we are mistaken at that point there is no going back.
Daniel N. Robinson
Somewhere there must be women reading books,and talking of chicken rissoles to their cooks …(from,‘Somewhere in England’)
Virginia Graham
The love of books was an instant connection, and a true boon for a girl who tended toward shyness, because it was a source of endless conversation.
Tessa Dare
That red spot!” she says with alarm.“That’s a freckle!”“It wasn’t there before...” she says as she inspects her entire arm.“It’s cute.”“It’s not cute.”“Then it’s mine,” I say. “If you don’t like it, it’s mine. I’ll call it Brady.”“My freckle?”“Yes.”“You’re naming my freckle after yourself?” she says. “And you think I have issues?”“It’s like a star. People buy stars in the constellation and name them after people al the time. As gifts.”“So then are you buying my freckle? Because I don’t know if you can afford my freckle. My freckles don’t come cheap, you know.”“I’ve already claimed it,” I declare. “It’s not up for discussion anymore. Just eat your ice cream. And don’t spill any on Brady.
Caprice Crane
Those lose least who have least to lose.
Rose O'Neil
I’ve always thought that was the lamest argument—that we need some people to be poor in order to remind the rest of us to be grateful. All that really means is that someone has to suffer poverty so other people can feel better about themselves. What a selfish way to look at the world.
Josephine Angelini
The challenges I have faced—among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother—are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.
Sonia Sotomayor
Individuals who keep growing in knowledge are the ones who succeed.
Zig Ziglar
hate people like that, people you have to protect while they keep hurting you.
Marlon James
And why had those prayers been focused heavenward? Well, it kind of made sense, didn't it? Even when there were no more options for the body, the heart's wishes find a way out, and as with all warmth, love rises. Besides, the will to fly was in the nature of the soul, so its home had to be up above.
J.R. Ward
People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be number one.
Florence Griffith Joyner
Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn.
Daniel Keyes