Becketts Farm Quotes & Sayings

If the mind is calm, your spontaneity and honest thoughts appear. You become more spontaneous. — Chade-Meng Tan

Adventure, I well know, is in the heart, not in the view. — L. Ron Hubbard

There are no experienced young people. Time makes experience. — Aristotle.

The Art and Life of Jean Varda makes clear that Varda, better known today as an outlandish character than as a serious artist, was in fact both. Stroman cuts through the myths that Varda created about himself, while celebrating them at the same time. A lively book, deeply researched, well illustrated."


David Weinstein, CA-Modern Magazine | Eichler Network — Elizabeth Leavy Stroman

If you find yourself protecting anyone as you write this piece, remember this: You're not doing it right. — Elizabeth Strout

Only me, eh? Is that how you see yourself? Only you is worth a good deal more than you think. — Gabriel King

I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing. — Harvey Pekar

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. — Elbert Hubbard

Certain stories must remain mine, so that there is a me to remain. — Lauren Oliver

In my book 'The Winter Sea,' set north of Aberdeen, I couldn't just ignore the fact some people there - especially the people in the past - would speak the Doric. — Susanna Kearsley

Legitimately produced, and truly inspired, fiction interprets humanity, informs the understanding, and quickens the affections. It reflects ourselves, warns us against prevailing social follies, adds rich specimens to our cabinets of character, dramatizes life for the unimaginative, daguerreotypes it for the unobservant, multiplies experience for the isolated or inactive, and cheers age, retirement and invalidism with an available and harmless solace. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? — Steven Wright