Coonts Book Quotes & Sayings

It was a night of impossible things, and he fought to stay awake, to be conscious and alert for as long as possible, to enjoy and repeat to himself everything that had happened to him, a lifetime's worth of wishes coming true in a few brief hours. — Hanya Yanagihara

By the end of World War II Great Britain was financially and politically exhausted. This weakness was exploited by Mohandas Gandhi and his cohorts in India during their own struggle against British rule. Nigerian veterans from different theaters of the war had acquired certain skills - important military expertise in organization, movement, strategy, and combat - during their service to the king. Another proficiency that came naturally to this group was the skill of protest, which was quickly absorbed by the Nigerian nationalists. — Chinua Achebe

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people. — Jean-Michel Basquiat

He hung up so gently, I didn't even hear the click. — Kamila Shamsie

Ordinary people have big TVs. Extraordinary people have big libraries. — Robin Sharma

Gather and hoard your inspirations as you live, then recapture them as needed in the studio. — Nita Engle

Writers shouldn't fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they're trying to accomplish. The idea is to write a whole story, a whole book. A writer has to be able to look at that story and see whether or not a character works, whether or not a character needs further definition. — Stephen Coonts

In the excitement of trying on dresses she had forgotten Mammy's ironclad rule that, before going to any party, the O'Hara girls must be crammed so full of food at home they would be unable to eat any refreshments at the party. — Margaret Mitchell

The only words that matter flow from the cracks in our spirit, through the breaches in our resolve. — C.B. Shiepe

Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune ... has already brought him acquittal! — Marcus Tullius Cicero

To die should be the most interesting journey of all the journeys a person can take. — Janwillem Van De Wetering

The more we connect ourselves like little children to our Heavenly Father, the more He reveals Himself to us and we can feel His heartbeat. — Euginia Herlihy