Apotropaico Quotes & Sayings

Art does not imitate, but interpret. — Giuseppe Mazzini

Men are like children, in that, if you spoil them, they become naughty. Therefore it is well not to be too indulgent or charitable with anyone. You may take it as a general rule that you will not lose a friend by refusing him a loan, but that you are very likely to do so by granting it; and, for similar reasons, you will not readily alienate people by being somewhat proud and careless in your behavior; but if you are very kind and complaisant towards them, you will often make them arrogant and intolerable, and so a breach will ensue. — Arthur Schopenhauer

When people are using their devices, it's probable that almost half are networking on social media. — Gary Vaynerchuk

Lord alone knows." George stood up and dropped his empty mug into the sink. "The mystery of one's children is never-ending. — Mark Haddon

Don't be rude to the middle-agers," he says. "They didn't even have microwaves when they were young, and that's really, really sad." "Look, that's not my fault," I say, pointedly. "We lived without iPhone 6+. Sometimes life is hard. — Tarryn Fisher

Inclusiveness isn't what I want to push back against. The obsession with facts is. — John D'Agata

For me writing is like breathing. I could not live without breathing and I could not live without writing. — Pablo Neruda

That's what's so touching about weddings: Two people fall in love, and decide to see if their love might stand up over time, if there might be enough grace and forgiveness and memory lapses to help the whole shebang hang together. — Anne Lamott

I want to see this country prosperous. I want to see people get a job. I want to see people get enough to eat. We have never made good on our promises. — Henry Morgenthau Jr.

My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be. — Eliot Spitzer

If a writer knows what he or she is doing, I'll go along for the ride. If he or she doesn't ... well, I'm in my fifties now, and there are a lot of books out there. I don't have time to waste with the poorly written ones. — Stephen King

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write. — Harper Lee

If God rewards us on earth for good deeds - the Old Testament suggests it's so, and the Puritans certainly believed it - then maybe Satan rewards us for evil ones. — Stephen King

The life, beauty and meaning of the whole created order, from the tomtit to the Milky Way, refers back to the Absolute Life and Beauty of its Creator: and so lived, every bit has spiritual significance. — Evelyn Underhill