Bashment Granny Quotes & Sayings

I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of brief texts collected together, short stories, or else they are books that have an overall structure but are composed of various texts. — Italo Calvino

Here lies one of the world's rare generalized TINAs. There Is No Alternative to creativity and innovation: these days, obscurantism and conservatism will do for you every time. — Robert Heller

To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day. — Theodore Roosevelt

I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze up. — Ben Fountain

Defense is a lot more natural to me than offense. — Scott Rolen

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us. — Laurie A. Helgoe

It is true, that men may have Christ whenever they are willing to comply with His terms. But if you are not willing now, how can you think you shall be willing hereafter? — Richard Baxter

One of the more curious paradoxes of Yates's nature was his almost archaic courtliness toward women on the one hand, and his lifelong tendency to emphasize their physical defects and/or dubious upbringing on the other. — Blake Bailey

When your words are kind and loving, it heals the mind and fills it with happiness and joy. — Debasish Mridha

I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never. — Christopher Reeve