Aukje Hut Quotes & Sayings

I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure. — Vikram Seth

You surpise me, because people nearly always force you to ask, don't they? — Jean Rhys

When I was 16 and arrived in France, I discovered chocolate mousse. I was crazy about the bread, too. Every morning, I'd go to the bakery and get a fresh croissant. It made me feel very sophisticated. — Jerry Hall

We can solve any problem by introducing an extra level of indirection. — Butler Lampson

Travelers are much at the mercy of phrases ... vast generalizations formulate in their exposed brains ... — Virginia Woolf

If you lose your nerve before you hit the bottom, Tyler says, you never really succeed. — Chuck Palahniuk

To defend the oppressed against their oppressors, to plead the cause of the weak against the strong who exploit and crush them, this is the duty of all hearts that have not been spoiled by egoism and corruption ... It is so sweet to devote oneself to one's fellows that I do not know how there can be so many unfortunates still without support or defenders. As for me, my life's task will be to help those who suffer and to pursue through my avenging speech those who take pleasure in the pain of others. How happy I will be if my feeble efforts are crowned with success and if, at the price of my devotion and sacrifices, my reputation is not tarnished by the crimes of the oppressors I will fight. — Maximilien De Robespierre

You know, I feel sorry for the young artists. — Waylon Jennings

Curing the negatives does not produce the positives. — Martin Seligman

Very gifted people may be sociopathic in varying degrees. — Camille Paglia

God listens for nothing so tenderly, as when His children help each other by their testimonies to His goodness and the way in which He has brought them deliverance. — Horace Bushnell