Ayomi Perera Quotes & Sayings

The difference between wanting to write and having written is one year of hard, relentless labour. It's a bridge you have to build all by yourself, all alone, all through the night, while the world goes about its business without giving a damn. The only way of making this perilous passage is by looking at it as a pilgrimage. — Shatrujeet Nath

What the hell are you doing?"
I smiled, thinking how odd it was that he was the only person in the world I could say this to. "I'm scared."
He was staring at me. "No way. I've never known anyone with more guts than you."
"We're just not afraid of the same things. — Josh Lanyon

Kiddo,' he said tiredly, 'you have to realize, a sizable number of the population gets its start in a back seat, that's just life. — Ivan Doig

New York is hard, cynical, ruthless, even beyond other cities. From their early repression its children emerge sophisticated, both stunted and overdeveloped, perverted, premature, forced by the artificiality of their environment. — Ernest Gruening

We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview. — Rebecca Solnit

It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band. — Andy Summers

Looks are worth nothing, she thought, dismissing the butterflies in her stomach. — Jamie Le Fay

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. — Horace

You feel almost a part of the wheat when you're sitting in a combine. — Cynthia Kadohata