Gevaarsbord Quotes & Sayings

Faith and fear, they tell me, can't coexist. I try to practice by doing what I'm afraid to do, and I manage (now and then, anyway) by means of faith. Faith that I will do myself more good than harm by the risks I am willing to take as a writer. And faith, finally, that the best service I can do myself is to do the best and most honest work of which I am capable. — Lawrence Block

She was well armed with facts from The New Statesman, She was even better armed by the conviction of being in the right, but what is the use of being right if one is faced by the blank, unaltered stare of satisfied ignorance? Martha was so new to the game that she was surprised by Mrs. Buss's calm remark, "Oh, well, everyone's entitled to their ideas." She said it was not a question of ideas, but one of fact. — Doris Lessing

Pip winds his arms up around Lindsay's neck and kisses him back, and this time
he's the one to close his eyes and escape into darkness so there's nothing in the world except the soft curls under his
fingers and the touch of Lindsay's breath on his mouth and the slow, sliding friction.
"Lindsay, do you still hate me?"
"I do when I remember to," Lindsay says quietly, but he doesn't stop moving and he doesn't stop kissing him for a long time, on his trembling mouth and his sweaty forehead and his wet, closed eyes. — Richard Rider

Resentment had erased all ambiguity in our encounters with people like him; we had been polarized into "us" and "them. — Azar Nafisi

I hear it" Antonio whispered. "I hear you wanting. That's your heart. That's life. That's being alive. — Nancy Holder

The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties. — Theodore Parker

I like to keep healthy physically and mentally, too. — Nobu Matsuhisa

Every time humans discovered a new resource, or technique for using mass and energy, one side effect has always been pollution. Why should the information age be any different from those of coal, petroleum, or the atom? — David Brin

I always feel like there is some dude out there with money that I could fall back on if I needed to. — Kirstie Alley

This is my barbed wire dress. It protects the property but doesn't hide the view. — Candy Darling

He only shot one person," Nick remarked. "But the night is young." ...
Forgive him, he has no manners."
I get by on good looks," Nick said. — Sarah Rees Brennan

I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts. — Kerry Packer

When I was 16 or 17, anyone could have had me if they sang the right song and recruited me in the right way. Which is why I've always had a sneaking understanding for people who took the wrong route. That doesn't mean to say I took it or even contemplated it myself. — John Le Carre

The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract. — Carl "Spider" Lockhart

What analysis is all about is for one hour a week, you sit and hope that for a flash of a moment you will experience connectedness. — Marion Woodman