Calixto Quotes & Sayings

I am attended by doctors, everywhere I am attended by doctors who inform me of my own interests. — Virginia Woolf

Listen," he said one afternoon in the library. "You have to read a book three times before you know it. The first time you read it for the story. The plot. The movement from scene to scene that gives the book its momentum, its rhythm. It's like riding a raft down a river. You're just paying attention to the currents. Do you understand that?"
"Not at all," I said.
"Yes, you do," he said.
"Okay, I do," I said. I really didn't, but Gordy believed in me. He wouldn't let me give up.
The second time you read a book, you read it for its history, its knowledge of history. — Sherman Alexie

Going out late at night and laying in the dewy field and reading a Kurt Vonnegut book by moonlight. — John Green

We hunger for significance, for signs that our personal existence is of special meaning to the universe. To that end, we're all too eager to deceive ourselves and others, to discern a sacred image in a grilled cheese sandwich or find a divine warning in a comet — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Maybe dream chasing is like climbing a mountain. You know, finding the trail, stepping onto it. At first you're energetic and it's easy. Then you trip over a root, face a huge boulder, or a steep incline. So you stand up after the fall, find your way around the boulder, and trudge up the vertical. Eventually, you're on top of the mountain with an expansive view of the world." ~ Michael Stlis in "A Stop in the Park — Peggy Morehouse Strack

who looked like a kid lining up for the teacups at Disneyland. "You're sure we have to go down through the cathedral to get to the hospital?" said Elise. — Mark Frost

My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do. — Steve Jobs

In some ways I liked the struggle better, I think. It clarified what was important. — Robin Oliveira

Have you ever heard of the theory that it is better for one man to die than an entire nation to suffer? Do you believe that to be true? Is it ever okay to take a life in hopes of saving others? — Sara B. Larson

When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have to act perfect all the time. — Drew Barrymore