Gift Involving Quotes & Sayings

I know it sounds so simple but Love Is All There Is. — Kate McGahan

I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night. — Ruth Rendell

A small sample of some girl-written words
That summer was a new beginning, a new end.
When I look back, I remember my slippery hands of paint and the sound of Papa's feet on Munich Street, and I know that a small piece of the summer of 1942 belonged to only one man. Who else would do some paintwork for the price of half a cigarette? That was Papa, that was typical, and I loved him. — Markus Zusak

I never forgave anyone for anything. A character flaw to be sure, but hell, everyone's got to have at least one. — Laurell K. Hamilton

We're living in a future that's weirder than anybody except possibly. — William Gibson

public display and operatic suffering - an in-your-face owning of one's vulnerability and fucked-upness to the point of embarrassing and offending tight-asses is a powerful feminist strategy. Writing is tough work, I don't see how anyone can really write from a position of weakness. Sometimes I may start out in that position, but the act of commandeering words flips me into a position of power. — Dodie Bellamy

I've known the woman for a matter of hours and I'm ready to offer her the world. — Kristen Proby

I don't either. It was just something to say. Anyway, if you don't remember it, then it isn't much use." He gave her a piercing look, making sure nothing was flooding back. "Might as well call it 'just a dream. — Kendare Blake

Bourgeois society is ruled by equivalence. It makes the dissimilar comparable by reducing it to abstract quantities. To the enlightenment, that which does not reduce to numbers, and ultimately to the one, becomes illusion. — Theodor Adorno

I've always been drawn to stories involving brothers, which started with my first viewing of Sean Penn's, 'The Indian Runner.' This subsequently lead to my working with my two brothers, Scott & Brad. I couldn't imagine a greater gift in the business. — Dean Winters

Nobody reaches expert status without intense preparation. Excellence, then, is a matter of practice, not talent.6 — Jeff Goins

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing ... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift. — Harry Mathews