Ateith Quotes & Sayings

I'm not sure," she said. "There's no one answer to that. You have to
find your own way. Sometimes I try to erase myself. I imagine a big
pink soft soap eraser, and it's going back and forth, back and forth,
and it starts down at my toes, back and forth, back and forth, and
there they go-poof!-my toes are gone. And then my feet. And then my
ankles. But that's the easy part. The hard part is erasing my senses-my
eyes, my ears, my nose, my tongue. And last to go is my brain. My
thoughts, memories, all the voices inside my head. That's the hardest,
erasing my thoughts." She chuckled faintly. "My pumpkin. And then, if
I've done a good job, I'm erased. I'm gone. I'm nothing. And then the
world is free to flow into me like water into an empty bowl. — Jerry Spinelli

When you're writing a book that is going to be a narrative with characters and events, you're walking very close to fiction, since you're using some of the methods of fiction writing. You're lying, but some of the details may well come from your general recollection rather than from the particular scene. In the end it comes down to the readers. If they believe you, you're OK. A memoirist is really like any other con man; if he's convincing, he's home. If he isn't, it doesn't really matter whether it happened, he hasn't succeeded in making it feel convincing. — Samuel Hynes

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance from. — George Carlin

I think a lot of people take a scholarly approach where they feel like you're supposed to study things that depress you. — John Currin

How did I get into this mess? Miles isn't even here. -Ivan — Lois McMaster Bujold

In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never. — Henrik Ibsen

Whomever speaks first gives up some power. — Lisa Gardner

All the poetry in the world is in that face. — Christopher Isherwood

I think if a candidate ran for office in most states in the country, if his opponent, or her opponent was an effective advocate against the TPP and could show, as I think we will be able to show, it's detrimental to working Americans, I think they would have a hard time getting elected. — Jeff Sessions

The hardest part of changing things is knowing how much needs changing, — Martina Boone