Etteridge Hoa Quotes & Sayings

Not all writers are crazy. Only the ones who are serious enough about their craft. — Hanna Abi Akl

I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative than typing, and it's a more visual process for me - I can picture the entire scene in my head and am merely writing what I see. — Cecelia Ahern

Occupation of vast reaches of space means nothing. It is control of population centers and essential resources that determines victory or defeat. — Greg Bear

In all human transactions, the highest degree of assurance to which we can arrive, short of the evidence of our own senses, is that of probability. The most that can be asserted is, that the narrative is more likely to be true than false; and it may be in the highest degree more likely, but still be short of absolute mathematical certainty. Yet this very probability may be so great as to satisfy the mind of the most cautious, and enforce the assent of the most reluctant and unbelieving. If it is such as usually satisfies reasonable men, in matters of ordinary transaction, it is all which the greatest sceptic has a right to require; for it is by such evidence alone that our rights are determined, in the civil tribunals; and on no other evidence do they proceed, even in capital cases. — Simon Greenleaf

Not-knowing is true knowledge.
Presuming to know is a disease.
First realize that you are sick;
then you can move toward health. — Lao-Tzu

For God has not only created us from nothing, but also granted us by the grace of the Word to live a life according to God. — Athanasius Of Alexandria

I always had the sense with her that she didn't suffer fools gladly but that life was taking great pains to show her how. — Lorrie Moore