Elantris Book Quotes & Sayings

When we shut people out, we wall ourselves in;When we stop building bridges, we start erecting fences. — William Arthur Ward

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me. — Bryan Cranston

What the world needs now is liberated men who have the qualities Silverstein cites, men who are 'empathetic and strong, autonomous and connected, responsible to self, to family and friends, to society, and capable of understanding how those responsibilities are, ultimately, inseparable.' Men need feminist thinking. It it the theory that supports their spiritual evolution and their shift away from the patriarchal model. Patriarchy is destroying the well-being of men, taking their lives daily. — Bell Hooks

Elephant altruism on the Kenyan plains. With her tusks, Grace (right) lifted the fallen three-ton Eleanor to her feet, then tried to get her to walk by pushing her. But Eleanor fell again and eventually died, leaving Grace vocalizing with streaming temporal glands - a sign of deep distress. Being matriarchs of different herds, these two elephants were likely unrelated. — Frans De Waal

Namely, never interfere when your enemies are busily engaged in flagrant acts of self-destruction. — Joseph J. Ellis

When it comes to details, more is not necessarily better. — Donna Levin

My customer has her own sense of style and knows herself well. My goal is to help women become the best version of themselves. — Tom Ford

Sometimes you have to realise that things will never change if you don't make a change yourself, and sometimes, you need to realise that it only happened so that you could learn something. — Charlotte Eriksson

One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice. — William P. Leahy

How you ever gonna know if you're the best? How you ever gonna know what you believe in, if you don't put it to the test? — Garth Brooks

I did not steal other people's work! I may have appropriated some styles, but I did not steal. My work is full ... of homages to everyone in my medium - not theft! — Nick Simmons

If Christmas is for families, what do you do when there are families scattered all over the country? I am pretty sure God wants to make sure I touch all the bases, even if I spend his actual birthday with Delta Airlines. — Gail Collins

Be not comforted. Consolation is not what you need. Weep and be not consoled, but weep. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky