Alyysa Branch Quotes & Sayings

Life is flinching in the midst of breathing, gasping at the thought of dying. It's climbing ropeless up sheer rock faces, groping for the next finger-hole of hope. Steady on! Only a thousand feet to go and after that a jungle, a minefield, a rapids. (Can I stop smiling now?)
Once, not long ago, I was flung off the cliff of the moment, thrust into an illicit relationship with destiny, an affair not of my making. Was I making love or being raped? The lines were fuzzy. — Chila Woychik

You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic. — Ellen DeGeneres

I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.' — Buck Leonard

My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have. — Irwin Shaw

One of the highest and surest signs of civilization is that a people have learned to obey the commands of those who are placed over them. — Booker T. Washington

Perfect self-expression will never be labor; but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play. — Florence Scovel Shinn

There's a lot of what I call 'bio-babble' and hype out there from a lot of bioenergy companies. — Craig Venter

With screenplays, it's all about being as concise as possible. If you have a scene that's set in a bar, you just have to write, 'Interior: Bar.' — David Benioff

When night hath set her silver lamp high, Then is the time for study. — Philip James Bailey

Every problem is a new puzzle to be solved. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in! — John Oliver