Ghellinck Quotes & Sayings

Introducing a spelling test to a student by saying, 'Let's see how many words you know,' is different from saying, 'Let's see how many words you know already.' It is only one word, but the already suggests that any words the child knows are ahead of expectation and, most important, that there is nothing permanent about what is known and not known. — Peter Johnston

A book?" he asked. "Yeah, remember before television and computers we used to do this thing called reading? — Janet Evanovich

Conspiracies fascinate me. When I visited the Rozabal shrine in Srinagar before writing my first book, I remember thinking that the person enshrined there was no ordinary mortal. History is rife with mysteries, and that visit ignited a fire to unveil some of them. — Ashwin Sanghi

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we're indifferent to whether we win or lose? — Charles Baudelaire

The sacred words are sword of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I only need to close my eyes to find the inner peace within my soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You will get such flattery as you deserve, and my foot in your arse the rest of the time. — Joe Abercrombie

I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology. — Oswald Spengler

As far as I'm concerned, the world is composed of stories. For architects, the world is composed of buildings, for actors the world is composed of theatres, or whatever. For me, the world is simply composed of stories; when I look, that's what I see. — Neil Gaiman