Balidon Quotes & Sayings

Two avenues of approach to these rewards lie open to the ambitious fictioneer. On the one hand, he may throw all intelligible standards of merit to the winds, and devote himself to manufacturing new stories that are frankly bad, trusting to the fact that nine persons out of ten are utterly devoid of esthetic sense and hence unable to tell the bad from the good. And on the other hand, he may take stories, or parts of stories that have been told before, or that, in themselves, are scarcely worth the telling, and so encrust them with the ornaments of wit, of shrewd observation, of human sympathy and of style
in brief, so develop them
that readers of good taste will forget the unsoundness of the material in admiration of the ingenious and workmanlike way in which it is handled. — H.L. Mencken

All I could do was move forward and hope that whenever we drifted, we would somehow find a way back to each other. — Kiera Cass

I was always brutally teased for being George Harrison's son. That was from the age of about four or five, before I even knew who he was. And for seven years people would follow me about school singing 'Yellow Submarine.' I still can't listen to that song to this day. — Dhani Harrison

My mom told me to do whatever I wanted to do and don't get too anxious about it. — David Giuntoli

A Native American wisdom story tells of an old Cherokee who is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed. — Kristin Neff

When you have passion and commitment, you don't need a complex plan. Your plan is your life is your dream. — Rudy Ruettiger

what is a dream but a series of lies designed to keep us immobilized in a dark room for hours at a time — Mallory Ortberg

At first, I am giving energy to the creation, but later the creation seems to be giving energy to me. — Robert Fritz

In certain situations you ask to see a sign to guide you in the right direction. Sometimes these calls to a higher power are answered and sometimes we are left to seek counsel from within. But if you look for them, the signs will usually present themselves to those with open eyes. — Adam Braun

Jesus' military career has never compelled my belief. — Wendell Berry

Life is going to beat you up, it wouldn't be fair if you didn't throw some punches back at it — Bradley Bowman

If only he would keep his mouth shut, he'd be perfect. A piece of duct tape would do the trick. I had some in my desk that I'd occasionally pull out and fondle, hoping someday I could put it to good use. — Christina Lauren

And I encourage you all to go shopping more — George W. Bush

Filmmakers who use narrators pay a price for taking the easy way: narrated films date far more quickly than films without narrators. — Bruce Jackson

And thank you for not putting it in your book.
And fuck you for not putting it in your book. — Lynn Coady