Dichtungen Quotes & Sayings

So she listened hard. And she began to evolve, because stories work their magic that way. They build conviction and erode conviction in equal measure. — Gregory Maguire

Seated in my library at night, and looking on the silent faces of my books, I am occasionally visited by a strange sense of the supernatural. — Alexander Smith

Everything's digital now, but sometimes I'll buy a paperback if I love the book. I love the smell of them too. Like the first time you open them up, and they're fresh and new. Or old books, — Jay McLean

It's not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around. — Roger Federer

The Poison Maiden has conceived by him, and is plumb ready to enter the divine category of mother, only one last fiend clubs her to death. The final clinch of male romanticism is that each man kills the thing he loves; whether she be Catharine in A Farewell to Arms, or the Grecian Urn, the 'tension that she be perfect' means that she must die, leavinf the hero's status as a great lover unchallenged. The pattern is still commonplace: the hero cannot marry. The sexual exploit must be conquest, not cohabitation and mutual tolerance. — Germaine Greer

Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world! — David Hockney

and she and the mare set off after Safi. — Susan Dennard

Houses can be ghosts, too, just like people. — Paul Harding

No matter who you are, not everybody is going to like what you do, so as long as you're armed with that knowledge, you'll be okay. — Mara Altman

Humans cannot produce viable offspring with our closest animal cousin: the chimpanzee. We cannot impregnate a chimp. So you know what that means? No condoms. — Chris Hardwick