Akron Summit Library Quotes & Sayings

When a writer receives praise or blame, when he arouses sympathy or is ridiculed, when he is loved or rejected, it is not on the strength of his thoughts and dreams as a whole, but only of that infinitesimal part which has been able to make its way through the narrow channel of language and the equally narrow channel of the reader's understanding. — Hermann Hesse

Keep a mid course between two extremes. — Ovid

When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth. — Lee Greenwood

Well, I don't ever leave out details, in that I don't come up with information or description which I don't then use. I only ever come up with what seems to me absolutely essential to make the story work. I'm not usually an overwriter. As I revise, it's usually a matter of adding in as much vivid details as seem necessary to make the story come clear without slowing down the momentum of the story. — Kelly Link

I'll see you tomorrow, then, around seven,' concluded Clara. 'Do you know the address? — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I'd be foolish if I didn't return her interest." He puffed out his chest. "And no one has ever called me a fool."
Rosika's jaw tightened. She rubbed her temples. "I'm giving it some serious consideration. — Jess Schira

Making money takes time, so when we shop, we're really spending time. The real cost of living isn't measured in dollars and cents but in the hours and minutes we must work to live.1 — Charles Wheelan

Well, then, eliminate the people, curtail them, force them to be silent. Because the European Enlightenment is more important than people. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

She's a twosome, she's a foursome, if she'd lose some, I would like her more some. — Arthur Godfrey

Watch the fucking food! — Jamie Begley

I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed relationships with the person they're talking about. — John Cusack

But I can't force myself to remember my hidden past or purposefully unravel the mystery of my heart. Secrets are usually buried for a reason. — Siobhan Davis