Academic Heroine Quotes & Sayings

You're a sex symbol," she began.
"Thanks for noticing. — Karina Bliss

You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it. — Steven Moffat

I wanted to slice barren into my skin. That's how I'd stay, my insides unused. Empty and pristine. I pictured my pelvis split open, to reveal a tidy hollow, like the nest of a vanished animal. — Gillian Flynn

Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure. — Nicolaus Copernicus

Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor. — Lauren Graham

Science fiction is where I started out, really. When I was a kid, I was a complete addict of science fiction. It was one of my earliest interests as a writer, and I've just taken a long time to circle back around to it. — Salman Rushdie