Azadeh Shirazi Quotes & Sayings

T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to develop it. — Mark Twain

I wrote my first full book when I was fourteen, and that was 'Obernewtyn.' It was also the first book I had published. It was accepted by the first publisher I sent it to, and it was short listed for Children's Book of the Year in the older readers category in Australia. — Isobelle Carmody

I tried marriage. I'm 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So, being a ballplayer - I believe in numbers. I'm not going 0 for 4. I'm not wearing a golden sombrero. — Charlie Sheen

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. — Robert Smithson

Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must. — Mother Teresa

I gave up my childhood for a career. — Brenda Lee

When the disaster began to hit the wealthy as well, the "modern scientific methods of development based solidly on capitalism" (Haines) suddenly became proofs of the evils of statism and socialism - another quick transition that takes place when needed. To — Noam Chomsky

He and I have history; — James Patterson

Ashoka's dilemma is the dilemma of civilization itself. As society developed and weaponry became more deadly, the empire, founded on and maintained by violence, would paradoxically become the most effective means of keeping the peace. — Karen Armstrong

It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion. — Paul Nurse

...she grasped the terrible truth that love can never be compelled, from man, from sprite, from beast; that one who loves, however she longs for requital, however long she waits, may receive in return the reverse of what she gives, the dark side of the moon. — Thomas Burnett Swann

It can be good to be given what you want; it can be better, in the end, never to have it proved to you that this is what you wanted — Mary Renault

I've diagnosed myself and discovered I have a limited 'life span' you can do this to. Then live life to its fullest in everything you do! — Stanley Victor Paskavich