Conciliation Court Quotes & Sayings

That's the thing about Tiny: his problems are so huge that yours can hide behind them. — John Green

For a while I was a completely unknown artist with no fan base and no draw in the clubs. The only people that would give me a shot were the gay clubs. Gay clubs were so open to me coming in and trying things out. — Kiesza

It's beautiful. Your scar is your unpredictable imperfection. — Ashley Pullo

350. - Why we hate with so much bitterness those who deceive us is because they think themselves more clever than we are. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both. — Guy De Maupassant

Let's both be good, and truthful, and kind to each other, and let's be happy together and have fun always. — Donna Tartt

It's very bad to write a novel by act of will. I can do a book of nonfiction work that way - just sign the contract and do the book because, provided the topic has some meaning for me, I know I can do it. But a novel is different. A novel is more like falling in love. You don't say, 'I'm going to fall in love next Tuesday, I'm going to begin my novel.' The novel has to come to you. It has to feel just like love. — Norman Mailer

Other nights, Ayrs likes me to read him poetry, especially his beloved Keats. He whispers the verses as I recite, as if his voice is leaning on mine. — David Mitchell

This marriage is no one's business but our own. — Bobby Darin

The art of the quoter is to know when to stop. — Robertson Davies

What a treasure that smile was, passed down through the ages from father to son, tucked away in hope chests during son-less generations, buffed and displayed proudly whenever company was over. — Maggie Stiefvater

Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times. — Edward Abbey

Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth. — Dag Hammarskjold

The Futurists believed in the machine, in making a great big fuss, in being young. For a brief moment, they were arguably the most influential aesthetic provocateurs in the world. — Jonathan Galassi

You learn something from the classics but your feelings and your imagination operate in the domain of the colloquial. We need to think seriously about reforming the Arabic that we use today. — Hassan Blasim