Costikyan New York Quotes & Sayings

Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest. — Laurie Halse Anderson

It is not a liberty of circumstance, conceded to us alone, that we wish; it is the adoption absolute of the principle that no man, born red, black or white, can be the property of his fellow man. — Toussaint Louverture

Commit to loving yourself completely. It's the most radical thing you will do in your lifetime. — Andrea Gibson

Ritual of Solitude works best when you practice it at the same time every day. — Robin S. Sharma

Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just a great love story about people in the '80s, and we all tried to make it feel as real as possible. It was such a wonderful time. We didn't leave anything in the gym; we put it all out there. — John Cusack

There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through — Dan Rice

The word impossible is peculiar because if you examine it closely, you'll find that most of it is possible. — Evan Esar

Science fiction [is] the kind of writing that prepares us for the necessary mutations brought about in society from an ever changing technological world and as a result. The mainstream hasn't excluded SF; the mainstream has excluded itself. No one told Jules Verne he was a science fiction writer, but he invented the 20th century. — Walter Mosley

I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire, who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies. — Christopher Hitchens

It is the nature of grace always to fill spaces that have been empty. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I was terrible at school. — Kristin Scott Thomas

The look of a smug teacher is priceless. — Tucker Elliot

The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems. — Mark Zuckerberg

I still fly a lot in my dreams, she told us, but I try to stay close to the ground. At my age, a fall can be pretty serious. — Brian Andreas