Cerris Ilex Quotes & Sayings

Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust. — Alexis De Tocqueville

I'm only interested in science fiction that's used as a literary device, a shortcut into something more exploratory or universal about our experience. That's why I think it was invented and why mythology was invented; it's a tool, not an end to itself. — Shane Carruth

She ... ran away so often, and with so many different people, that she became known to her family and friends as the Bolter ... — Nancy Mitford

Oh well, this is only temporary. Everything will be better someday. I'll make it better. After all, I'm young yet. — Betty Smith

I'm social enough. But the tools you guys create actually manufacture unnaturally extreme social needs. No one needs the level of contact you're purveying. It improves nothing. It's not nourishing. It's like snack food. You know how they engineer this food? They scientifically determine precisely how much salt and fat they need to include to keep you eating. You're not hungry, you don't need the food, it does nothing for you, but you keep eating these empty calories. This is what you're pushing. Same thing. Endless empty calories, but the digital-social equivalent. — Dave Eggers

If you just focus on the smallest details, you never get the big picture right. — Leroy Hood

Each and every day, I get
One letter like a bride.
I'm responding to my friend,
Writing late at night:

"On my way into the dark,
I've stopped in white death's den.
My dear, don't leave an evil mark
On another man."

And a brilliant star gleams
Between two trees at night,
Calmly promising that dreams
Will soon be satisfied. — Anna Akhmatova