Burchett Mroczek Quotes & Sayings

Unless a person has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous. A great occasion is worth to man exactly what his preparation enables him to make of it. — J. B. Matthews

He was knowledgeable and often frighteningly intelligent but he was also a dreamer. He had a mental library of a thousand stories and seemed to believe them all. Heroes, villains, princesses in need of rescue, monsters and magical swords. It all lived in his head, as vital and real as his own memories. — Anthony Ryan

Dictator is a shadow; just increase the light, he shall disappear! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

All at once I began dreading to look at them as they passed. I saw the close moonlit space where they would surge by, and had curious thoughts about the irredeemable pollution of that space. They would perhaps be the worst of all Innsmouth types--something one would not care to remember. The — H.P. Lovecraft

I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison. — Antonya Nelson

I wish this knife was good for something besides death, that I could cut through time and walk into that house, into that kitchen where he trapped her, and get her out of there. I would make sure she had the future she should have had. — Kendare Blake

You must never tell people their own stories. They have no interest in them, or they think they can tell them better themselves. Give them a stranger's life, and then they're content. — Karen Lord

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where. — Louise Erdrich

My position in the army is as sport instructor. This allows me generous time off for travel and competition. I also receive a monthly salary from the army. — Roman Sebrle

One doesn't really profit from experience; one merely learns to predict the next mistake. — Shirley Hazzard

No, because I am not a ventriloquist. — Russell Banks