Andrea Olson Quotes & Sayings

It's no picnic up there in the egosphere. — Philip Roth

A man's mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol

It always came down to his freaking pride. — Cari Quinn

That's what it felt like. Passed through is the only way I can express it. Like my body had passed clean through a stone wall. At what exact point I felt like I'd made it through, I can't recall, but suddenly I noticed I was already on the other side. I was convinced I'd made it through. I don't know about the logic or the process or the method involved - I was simply convinced of the reality that I'd passed through.
After that, I didn't have to think anymore. Or, more precisely, there wasn't the need to try to consciously think about not thinking. All I had to do was go with the flow and I'd get there automatically. If I gave myself up to it, some sort of power would naturally push me forward. — Haruki Murakami

Desire creates a starting point. Without it, no magic can be put into action. — Lawren Leo

I believe in hope, in what is sometimes called "radical hope." I believe there is hope for us all, even amid the suffering - and maybe even inside suffering. — John Green

Grow up, study, get your certificates, get married, have kids, and die. Thank you very much for attending the joke called life. They — Cameron Jace

The silence was gone now, and the night was filled with voices - a chirp, a growl, a twitter - a burst of high-pitched laughter. — Lois Duncan

Look for strength in unexpected places. — Catherine Ryan Hyde

The 'environmental crisis' has happened because the human household or economy is in conflict at almost every point with the household of nature. We have built our household on the assumption that the natural household is simple and can be simply used. We have assumed increasingly over the last five hundred years that nature is merely a supply of 'raw materials,' and that we may safely possess those materials by taking them ... And so we will be wrong if we attempt to correct what we perceive as 'environmental' problems without correcting the economic oversimplification that caused them. — Wendell Berry

No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit. — Mark Twain

Every person has a train of thought on which they travel when they are alone. The dignity and nobility of their life, as well as their happiness depend upon the direction in which that train is going, the baggage it carries and the scenery through which it travels. — Joseph Fort Newton

It's a promise to be better than I was. It's a vow that if I can't be anything else to you, at least I can be a weapon in your hand. And I guess it's a reminder that wanting and deserving aren't the same thing. — Leigh Bardugo

To those who do not see, we are the enigma of society — Dara Reidyr

Don't write a book that you will like to sell
Write a book that you will like to read — Subhasis Das