Flowerettes For Cake Quotes & Sayings

Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right. — Zhuangzi

He had a clear, lyrical voice and his songs remained in her ears long after the music had ended. — Hiroko Sherwin

So great is the effect of cleanliness upon man, that it extends even to his moral character. Virtue never dwelt long with filth; nor do I believe there ever was a person scrupulously: attentive to cleanliness, who was a consummate villain. — Benjamin Thompson

Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there - that, it seems to me, is created. — Willa Cather

I'd hate to see you get cancer, but that's your problem, not mine. — Steve Lonegan

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation. — Steven Pressfield

This week in school they made us read Frankenstein. It was cool. I liked it. I like books that make me think. That's why I'm in the advanced class. My favorite part is when the monster looks at Dr. Frankenstein and tells him it's his fault. It kinda reminds me of now. You called me a monster. I walked way. Then you threatened the monster. And so if it comes down to you or me, I have to pick me. — J.J. McAvoy

A moment's pain can be a lifetime's gain. — Leo Tolstoy

May all of your cards be live and may all of your pots be monsters, — Mike Sexton

We sat on the bank and the river went by. As always, it was making sounds to itself, and now it made sounds to us. It would be hard to find three men sitting side by side who knew better what a river was saying. — Norman Maclean

Despite our strongly felt kinship and oneness with nature, all the evidence suggests that nature doesn't care one whit about us. Tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen without the slightest consideration for human inhabitants. — Alan Lightman

Books were in the world; the world was in books. — Lewis Buzbee