Fictionist Name Quotes & Sayings

The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling. — George Orwell

Psychology has falsified love as surrender and altruism, while it is an appropriation or a bestowal following from a super-abundance of personality. Only the most complete persons can love. The depersonalized and objective are the worst lovers. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Lycurgus the Lacedaemonian brought long hair into fashion among his countrymen, saying that it rendered those that were handsome more beautiful, and those that were deformed more terrible. To one that advised him to set up a democracy in Sparta, "Pray," said Lycurgus, "do you first set up a democracy in your own house. — Plutarch

We were the church. As the New Testament instructed. When it was time for Sunday morning meeting, we convened in private homes. To raise a structure and call it a church was the worldly way. A church made of hands was soon cluttered with altars and crucifixes, and was thereupon idolatrous. These false churches, they were not walking in Truth. They were whistling off to Hades. This was a shame, because I knew some real nice Lutherans. — Michael Perry

Obscurity and a competence - that is the life that is best worth living. — Mark Twain

You never fail until you stop trying. — Albert Einstein

The road forgets. Make your life a journey, keep moving toward what you want, leave behind anything that's too heavy to carry. — Mark Lawrence

I knew she loved me." Disgusted, — Nora Roberts

Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called. — Mahatma Gandhi

A leader isn't born after 9 months' conception. When talents are discovered, skills are mastered & values are developed, a leader is born. — Israelmore Ayivor