Deseret Book Conference Quotes & Sayings

The absence of fear is love. — Chris Murphy

Your gaydar can't leap over buildings in a single bound like Superman."
"He's wearing a thong. Enough said."
"It's for ease of movement."
"Thong," Lila repeated. — Nora Roberts

I just love every minute of my life. I love the variety. Every minute of every day I'm meeting fascinating new people, learning and working with wonderful teams of people creating wonderful things. — Richard Branson

Prison had a way of draining people of their hope and humanity. But Harlan didn't have to worry about that because he'd gone in empty. — Bernice L. McFadden

The Internet destroyed most of the barriers to publication. The cost of being a publisher dropped to almost zero with two interesting immediate results: anybody can publish, and more importantly, you can publish whatever you want. — Dick Costolo

If a man whistles at you, don't turn around. You are a lady not a dog. — Niall Horan

Probably a good idea, let me know how it ends"
"I already know how it ends"
"You read the ending first?"
"I always read the ending before I commit to the whole book."
"If you know how it ends, why read the book?"
"I don't read for the ending. I read for the story". — Jayne Ann Krentz

If you had the seeds of pestilence in your body you would not have a more active contagion that you have in your tempers, tastes, and principles. Simply to be in this world, whatever you are, is to exert an influence, compared with which mere language and persuasion are feeble. — Horace Bushnell

Please," Professor Solanka asked. "Just tell me."
"That's the worst part," Dubdub said. "There's nothing to tell. No direct or proximate cause. You wake up one day and you aren't a part of your life. You know this. Your life doesn't belong to you. Your body is not, I don't know how to make you this the force of this, yours. there's just life, living itself. You don't have it. You don't have anything to do with it. That's all. It doesn't sound like much, but believe me. It's like when you hypnotize someone and persuade them there's a big pile of mattresses outside their window. They no longer see a reason not to jump. — Salman Rushdie

One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like. — George Carlin

Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language. — Steven Pinker

Beware clarity. A man speaking to you in clear language is clearly using obsolete ideas. — Herbert Marshall Mcluhan

Sitting aimlessly in bedrooms- often on the bed itself- is another characteristic feature of the English holidays. The meal was over and it was only twenty five past seven. 'The evening stretches before us,' Viola said gloomily. — Barbara Pym

My parents let me find my way and that's how they supported me the entire way. — Channing Tatum

I loved learning about the history of things — Michael Gates Gill