Ardillos Sports Quotes & Sayings

When asked about rewriting, Ernest Hemingway said that he rewrote the ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times before he was satisfied. Vladimir Nabokov wrote that spontaneous eloquence seemed like a miracle and that he rewrote every word he ever published, and often several times. And Mark Strand, former poet laureate, says that each of his poems sometimes goes through forty to fifty drafts before it is finished. — Susan M. Tiberghien

If I were stepping down from the bus at the rich end of town instead of the trailer park, I wouldn't have to watch every word I said to make sure it wasn't slang for an orgasm. — Jennifer Echols

The fate of the world depends upon whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives ..." ~ Skulduggery Pleasant — Derek Landy

Longing is the call of ney to ney to restore the direction broken by the horses' hooves in a military campaign. It is an intermittent ailment, neither contagious nor lethal, even when it takes the form of an epidemic. It is an invitation to stay up late with the lonesome and an excuse not to be on equal footing with train passengers who know their own addresses well. It is the transparent fabric of that beautiful nothingness, gathered to roast the coffee of wakefulness for the dreams of strangers. — Mahmoud Darwish

What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job. — Charles Stross

I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one. — Alan Dershowitz

Why were there no buoys in life to show you the way? — Nora Roberts

We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats. — Stephan Pastis

There is no more dangerous illusion than the fancies by which people try to avoid illusion. — Francois Fenelon

Ignorance as a deliberate choice, can be used to reinforce prejudice and discrimination. — Ian Leslie

Tell me what trying to reconcile with someone who isn't sorry would even look like!"

He paused, then said simply, "It would look like Jesus on the cross. — Jeanne Bishop

Do freshman philosophy classes nowadays debate updated versions of the age-old questions? Like, how could a merciful God allow AIDS, childhood cancers, tsunamis and Dick Cheney? — Dick Cavett

I didn't mind being in school. But I was usually uninspired and always late. I did what I had to, but not more. — Robyn

A lot of times your spouse sees things about you that you don't necessarily see. — Ted Cruz

The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children ourweigh our fears — Ellen Goodman