Dipaola Samuel Quotes & Sayings

Resist faith. Resist trust. Believe only in what you touch with your hands. The rest is error and air. — Brian Staveley

I love writing. I like reading, other people, not myself. — James Lipton

With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me. — J. Tillman

Abdul rose with minimal whining, since the only whining his mother tolerated was her own. — Katherine Boo

Postwar U.S. was the world's leader in science and technology. The investment in science research was staggering. — Siddhartha Mukherjee

All my life I have been trained by that siren. Before I could walk I knew the siren meant death. It meant somehow the fences had been breached and the Unconsecrated were shuffling among us. It meant grab weapons, move to the platforms and pull up the ladders - even if it necessitated leaving the living behind.
Growing up, my mother used to tell me about how in the beginning, when her own great-great-great-grandmother was a child, that siren would wail almost constantly as the village was bombarded with the Unconsecrated. But then the fences has been fortified, the Guardians had formed and time had passed with the Unconsecrated dwindling to the point that I couldn't remember a time in the past few years when that siren had wailed and it had not been a drill. I know that in my life there have been breaches but I also know that I am very good at blocking out the memories that serve me no purpose. I can fear the Unconsecrated well enough without them. — Carrie Ryan

All around me the options seemed to be narrowing, as if I were hurtling down a huge black funnel, the whole world squeezing in tight. — Tim O'Brien

I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm getting better at it. — Jonathan Dee

My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there. — Sabine Lisicki

Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases? — Joan Leslie