1377x Quotes & Sayings

I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate. — Christine Quinn

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. — Viggo Mortensen

But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended. — Elizabeth Peters

We can see that for the deep work to continue, trying to prove one's worth to the chorus of jealous hags is pointless. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

I am afraid that she is a coquette, for she is always flirting with the wind. — Oscar Wilde

As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it. — Brit Marling

Once I came to really understand the mechanics of three-act structure, my life got a great deal easier. It doesn't tell you how to write your book, but it helps you understand why things aren't working, or what kind of beat needs to come next. — Marcus Sakey

Guys hate anticipation. That's why we all write about satisfaction. Why we never wrap presents. I notice you wrapped mine."
"I thought it was because you're all too cheap to buy wrapping paper. Or too clueless to find it in the store."
"There's that. But honestly, you go to the trouble of getting someone a present, something you think they'd like - why hide it and make them work for it? It's coy. — Huntley Fitzpatrick

One doesn't just wander unvetted into someone else's epic interstellar future history. — Edward M. Lerner

Just don't waste time trying to change what you can't. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

there was still a part of me that kept waiting for it all to go to hell. At least I'd stopped poking at it and trying to break it myself, that was a step up. Let's hear it for therapy and smart friends who intervened when I fell back into old destructive habits. — Laurell K. Hamilton

The practical reason for freedom is that freedom seems to be the only condition under which any kind of substantial moral fiber can be developed we have tried law , compulsion and authoritarianism of various kinds, and the result is nothing to be proud of. — Albert J. Nock