Cihan Talay Quotes & Sayings

A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake. — Dana Spiotta

This is ridiculous! I am going to look like I just hopped out of the hooker version of Alice in Wonderland. — Jessica Fortunato

For this will cure him that is sick, and rouse him that is in dumps; one that has loved, it will remember of it; one that has not, it will instruct. For there was never any yet that wholly could escape love, and never shall there be any, never so long as beauty shall be, never so long as eyes can see. But help me that God to write the passions of others; and while I write, keep me in my own right wits. — Longus

It's not just modern-day society that is liberal. — Rob James-Collier

And, talking about radiation, few wonder why, after hundreds of million of years of having our skins exposed to sun rays, we suddenly need so much protection from them - is it that our exposure is more harmful than before because of changes in the atmosphere, or populations living in an environment mismatching the pigmentation of their skin - or rather, that makers of sun protection products need to make some profits? — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown. — Adrienne Rich

Regrets are ridiculous, so I don't regret, no. — Nicole Kidman

We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles. — Nicolas Chamfort

If a despot like Adolf Hitler can think of 1000-year reign, why can't you think of a goal that is gonna last 100 years after you have gone? — Peter J. Daniels

Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way. — Erwin McManus