Bbc6 Iplayer Quotes & Sayings

Humanism is not a pompous philosophy to be talked and debated about by a handful of intellectuals - it is the purest form of moral compass, which defines the civilized heart of thinking humanity. — Abhijit Naskar

In feudal times the aristocracy had sent their sons to university, conferring superiority on the institution. Nowadays it was the other way round: the university conferred superiority on the man. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. — John Lyly

When John was with me, it was total commitment. Whatever he did outside our relationship didn't seem very important. We were together such a lot of the time that whatever other affairs he had once we met couldn't have amounted to much because I was with him most of the time. He kept me in Liverpool as late as I dared stay. — Cynthia Lennon

Hot tears rolled from Herschel's eyes and he wiped them away, afraid that they would drip through the boards and onto his father's unfeeling tormentors. — Bodie Thoene

When would he ever learn to stop saying "Look" to a man who had no eyes? — Lois Lowry

In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail. — Major Taylor

In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

People don't hurt what they love. — Agnes Denes

And he did see
that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself. — Robert Cormier

Why limit yourself to just one best friend? — Lisi Harrison

I dreamed of a green place once," he whispered. "A manor house and a little girl with red hair, and preparations for a wedding. If there are other worlds, then maybe there is one where I was a good brother and a good son. — Cassandra Clare

What is it like to a be published author? Image clawing your beating heart from your chest and flopping it onto a plate for a room of food critiques expecting an ambrosia that conjures visions of Heaven. That comes pretty close. — Vallory Vance

What goes unnamed remains hard to correct. — Gregory Maguire

Voice spoke in my ear, both familiar and terrifying. Don't run, — Megan Shepherd