Cristen Wong Quotes & Sayings

One thing I am convinced of is that the more you do, the more you can do. — Lauren Bacall

They won't accept reasonable things with their minds but the fantastic things they'll swallow whole when their emotions are brought into play. Because the emotions have no limits on belief. The emotions will swallow anything - and they do. — Richard Matheson

Their bony branches grew barer with each tearing wind. Their tall, leaning forms looked like a gateway to a long-abandoned world.
They lived. Their roots were much deeper than mine would ever be. One day my tree would fall and die, gnawed by serpents. — Heather Crews

And because God's love is uncoercive and treasures our freedom - if above all he wants us to love him, then we must be left free not to love him - we are free to resist it, deny it, crucify it finally, which we do again and again. This is our terrible freedom, which love refuses to overpower so that, in this, the greatest of all powers, God's power, is itself powerless. — Frederick Buechner

It takes three facts to make a truth. — Eugene Manlove Rhodes

Just friends, she reminded herself. They were only friends, and would only be friends from here on out. It was a friendship that was to be cherished, as she cherished all the friendships she'd made aboard this ship. She wouldn't ruin it by wishing things could be more. She would be grateful for what affection she did have. — Marissa Meyer

In Chicago, integrated neighborhoods do not stay integrated for long. — Bill Dedman

When we are together, there is nothing we cannot achieve', which is something Michael used to say. — Judi Dench

It's a good country for myths. Things seem to take root here. — Diana Gabaldon

So many young pets burn out in Hollywood, it's crazy. — Jason Gann

For the male who dominates and writes, or by writing dominates, the woman has always been portrayed with hostility from the earliest times. Let us not be deceived by angelic descriptions of women. On the contrary, precisely because great literature is dominated by sweet, gentle creatures, the world of satire - which is that of the popular imagination - continually demonizes the woman, from antiquity, through the Middle Ages, and up to modern times. — Umberto Eco

People ask why do I write strong women characters, and basically, all the girls I know are strong; the girls I've had are strong. The women in my life are strong. — Margaret Stohl

It is hard for me to believe that any husband and wife are really happy together. And to have thee say you are is an unspeakable comfort. — Hannah Whitall Smith

Unexpectedly, she took several trotting steps and then threw in a couple of feeble attempts at bucking! She felt good enough to try and play! ... Instead of slowing down, she broke into a very awkward canter, punctuated by all sorts of goofy attempts to throw her heels up. I couldn't help but laugh out loud at her faltering display of joyful rejuvenation. — Kim Meeder

When one has suspected a thing for weeks, why is being confronted with stark evidence so much worse? — Teresa Grant