Creatoriq Quotes & Sayings

People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons. — Lois Lowry

I am a very pragmatic person. — Gloria Swanson

I couldn't decide who was more annoying, the fanatic or the cynic. — Rick Yancey

Those moments of knowing are sharp and merciless, but then they fade out, like stars when the sky gets light in the morning. You know, and then you don't know. — Joan Wickersham

But once the ego is born into this world, it has to shoulder morality. You would do well to remember that. — Haruki Murakami

I am located slightly to the left on the ball of confusion. — Me

Because the desire to possess the other is ... love — Gregory Benford

electrical wires dragged down by the weight of the ice and flickering balefully, a row of sleet-covered planes stranded in an airport, a huge truck that's jackknifed and tipped over and is lying on its side with smoke coming out. An ambulance is on the scene, a fire truck, a huddle of raingear-clad operatives: someone's been injured, always a sight to make the heart beat faster. A policeman appears, crystals of ice whitening his moustache; he pleads sternly with people to stay inside. It's no joke, he tells the viewers. Don't think you can brave the elements! His frowning, frosted eyebrows are noble, like those on the wartime bond-drive posters from the 1940s. Constance remembers those, or believes she does. But she may just be remembering history books or museum displays or documentary films: so hard, sometimes, to tag those memories accurately. Finally, a minor touch of pathos: a stray dog is displayed, semi-frozen, wrapped in a child's pink nap blanket. A gelid baby — Margaret Atwood

One has to have the experience of really believing before one can have the thrill of liberation. — Allan Bloom