Gaiton Quotes & Sayings

Structure doesn't make a story formulaic. The writer does. — Peter Arpesella

From twelve stories up it was easy to be fooled by the city's rain-swept beauty, by the millions of lights twinkling in the night. But all I had to do was turn my head to see the truth: a child-whore asleep in her hospital bed. It could rain forever and the city would never be clean. — Jack Clark

There must be an ability to pass long hours in study and research with pleasure even though some of the effort will inevitably lead to dead ends. Such is the price of admission. — Edward O. Wilson

I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember. — David Nicholls

Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him. — Henry Ward Beecher

In each of us there dwells a mystery, and that mystery is the human personality. — Jacques Maritain

Sometimes I," she paused and decided to dive in even if he did think she was crazy, "I just feel something, you know? — Carolyn Bond

It is my secrecy which makes you unhappy, my evasions, my silences. And so I have found a solution. Whenever you get desperate with my mysteries, my ambiguities, here is a set of Chinese puzzle boxes. You have always said that I was myself a Chinese puzzle box. When you are in the mood and I baffle your love of confidences, your love of openness, your love of sharing experiences, then open one of the boxes. And in it you will find a story, a story about me and my life. Do you like this idea? Do you think it will help us to live together? — Anais Nin

Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong ... — Melissa Etheridge

The devil never seems so busy as where the saints are, which is another reason why I feel how difficult it would be to be religious. — Elizabeth Charles

While reactive victims are primarily known by their "against" stances, proactive people do not demand rights, they live them. Power is not something you demand or deserve, it is something you express. The ultimate expression of power is love; it is the ability not to express power, but to restrain it. Proactive — Henry Cloud

Even harder was describing his sense that Shroom's death might have ruined him for anything else, because when he died? when I felt his soul pass through me? I loved him so much right then, I don't think I can ever have that kind of love for anybody again. So what was the point of getting married, having kids, raising a family if you knew you couldn't give them your very best love? — Ben Fountain

I can do nothing halfway. Those who can, have a fissure somewhere inside. Most people have many. They lie to themselves - not to know that. I've never lied to myself. — Ayn Rand

That's how you win - pitching and defense. — Derek Jeter