Authorhouse Quotes & Sayings

We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all ... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility. — Chogyam Trungpa

I thought for a long time about leaving Albania, but at the same time to play a role in its life. — Ismail Kadare

Her smile was like laughter to me - it bubbled in like champagne. — Atticus

Being a comedian, people tell me stuff they shouldn't tell their therapist. — Jeff Foxworthy

A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even Roald Dahl could switch-hit, and not for lack of trying. — Lev Grossman

Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the quarters are often spent on penny candy. — William H Gass

Be persistent and have faith and you can achieve anything. — Martha Hamlett

These human eyes seemed weak to me at first," said Eskar, still staring away from me, scratching her short black hair. "They detect fewer colors and have terrible resolution, but they see things dragon eyes cannot. They can see beyond surfaces. I don't understand how that's possible, but it happened incrementally as I traveled with Orma: I began to see the inside of him. His questioning and gentle nature. His conviction. I'd glimpse it in something as incongruous as his hand holding a teacup, or his eyes when he spoke of you. — Rachel Hartman

I'll be there at six," Breckin says. He looks at me and smirks. "I bet you'll be there are six, too, right, Daniel? You like six? Is six good for you?"
He's on to us. Fucker. — Colleen Hoover

No one can be certain where a nation which spans two continents, whose history begins in the faint traces of early civilization, a nation now struggling to find a new and valid philosophy of existence, will be propelled by the transcendental forces of the nuclear age. — Harrison Salisbury