25 Jan Revolution Quotes & Sayings

What is most important to me is that my narrator's voice is believable, and that, though it is clearly an absolute fiction, it has the emotional resonance of memoir. — Chris Bohjalian

I've come to think of myself as a writer of books. — Richard Hell

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had. — Ben Kingsley

Yet the truth of the matter was, sometimes the ones we loved most were the monsters that tucked us in at night. — Brittainy C. Cherry

I really should not be so willing to interpret my own books as I seem to be this evening. But the blessing Ames gives Jack is an act of recognition that blesses Ames, too. He is profoundly moved that he has had the occasion to do it, that Jack accepted it, wanted it. I really do believe that all blessing is mutual, and that the moment of blessing is when people rise to the very beautiful seriousness of what they are. I feel that we ought to value ourselves and one another far more than we do, and I'm speaking theologically here, but also with an awareness that always haunts me, that we are the wonder of the universe, incomparably complex, brilliant, poignant - and perverse, of course. Our own overwhelming problem. But there are good grounds for awe in any human encounter. If we came anywhere near respecting the richness of this improbable life - hopes would flourish and blossom as they have never done before. — Marilynne Robinson

For starters, this country embodies something utterly unique: History's first democratic empire. Beginning in the post war era, we have used free trade and democracy to create a series of interlocking relationships that end war. — Armstrong Williams

If you have to put a matchbox under your chair, you need to straighten out your floor. — John McConnell

On radio, you're an artist. On TV, you're a servant. — Red Barber

Tenses are a way of ordering the chaos around time. — Audre Lorde