Chet Childress Quotes & Sayings

Music is the fragrance of the universe. — Giuseppe Mazzini

Mass media has convinced us to think that silence is only supposed to happen as a manifestation of supreme actualization, where both parties are so at peace with their emotional connection that it cannot be expressed through the rudimentary tools of the lexicon; otherwise, silence is proof that the magic is gone and the relationship is over (hence the phrase "We just don't talk anymore"). — Chuck Klosterman

If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing it in quotation marks. To do so is to put on airs, as though you were inviting the reader to join you in a select society of those who know better. — William Strunk Jr.

Kaz rapped his cane on the stone floor. He was standing in the doorway to the tomb. "If everyone is done cuddling, we have a job to do."
"Hold up," said Jesper, arm still slung around Inej. "We're not talking about the job until we figure out what those things were on the Stave."
"What things?" asked Inej.
"Did you miss half the Stave blowing up?"
"We saw the bomb at the White Rose go off," said Inej, "and then we heard another explosion."
"At the Anvil," said Nina.
"After that," Inej said, "we ran."
Jesper nodded sagely. "That was your big mistake. If you'd stuck around, you could have nearly been killed by a Shu guy with wings. — Leigh Bardugo

What's your favorite book?' is a question that is usually only asked by children and banking identity-verification services
and favorite isn't, anyway, the right word to describe the relationship a reader has with a particularly cherished book. Most serious readers can point to one book that has a place in their life like the one that 'Middlemarch' has in mine. — Rebecca Mead

How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind. — Mahatma Gandhi

I believe if we love something and have fun, we tend to self teach and learn at a rapid rate. I also consider confusion a starting state for learning. It opens us to new patterns emerging. — Todd Rice

The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business. — Harold Ford Jr.

The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace. — Tacitus

I'm not a comedian. I'm what you call a good, old-fashioned working actor who has had delusions of grandeur for my entire career and has known what I want to do. — Chris Diamantopoulos

Why couldn't he see the tragedy of what was unfolding? Was it because it was too painful, or was it because holding onto hope and dying was better than living if it meant you were forced to see the world for what it was? — Chris Dietzel

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. — Thomas Jefferson

If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars? — G.K. Chesterton

Brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, — William Shakespeare