Chuckie Finster Quotes & Sayings

The emotions triggered by fiction are very real. When Charles Dickens wrote about the death of Little Nell in the 1840s, people wept - and I'm sure that the death of characters in J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series led to similar tears. — Paul Bloom

To two men living the same number of years, the world always provides the same sum of experiences. It is up to us to be conscious of them. Being aware of one's life, one's revolt, one's freedom, and to the maximum, is living, and to the maximum. — Albert Camus

It is the mysterious touch of the ideal that animates and sustains the real, and through it alone we can discover and affirm the ideal. — Muhammad Iqbal

Never wade through the pretty ripples
of perpetually flowing
rivers, until you have looked at their lovely waters,
and prayed to them,
and washed your hands in the pale enchanting water. — Hesiod

Finally, in my early 30s, I started writing fiction for the first time as an adult. That felt so scary, and I spent a few years feeling miserably 'behind' my high-achieving friends. But I persevered and obviously have no regrets. — Julia Glass

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. — Lion Feuchtwanger

In a nation where the disbelievers sought Heaven from the idols, the Messenger of Allah [Prophet Muhammad] taught them that Heaven can be found through a simple smile. — Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

I'm a really big surfer, and I have also been playing a ton of volleyball on the beach on the weekends. — Teddy Sears

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world. — Boris Pasternak

Some things you have to do every day. Eating about seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn't going to get the job done. — Jim Rohn

One-half plus one-half does not equal one; one whole plus one whole equals relational wholeness. — Surya Das

Make your mistakes work for you by learning from them. — Donald Trump