Gossen Quotes & Sayings

For nearly two centuries the popular spirit of each succeeding generation has tended more and more to the view that the mysteries of life will eventually fall before the mind of man. Many modern novelists have been more concerned with the processes of consciousness than with the objective world outside the mind. In twentieth-century fiction it increasingly happens that a meaningless, absurd world impinges upon the sacred consciousness of author or character; author and character seldom now go out to explore and penetrate a world in which the sacred is reflected. — Flannery O'Connor

What looks large from a distance, close up ain't never that big. — Bob Dylan

Blay's head whipped around to his mate. "Really? You asked my dad?" Qhuinn nodded, then started to smile like a mother fucker. "It's my one and only shot. So I wanted to follow protocol. — J.R. Ward

True religion is not just in the creed you profess, but its also in the life you lead. — Carrie J. Keaton

You're free to dream however you wish," Nollin teased. "But don't ask the rest of us to share your unrealistic - "
"Then don't ask us to share your weakness!" Jason interrupted. — Brandon Mull

Trusting your intuition is like learning to ride a bike. Everything takes practice before it becomes second nature. — James Van Praagh

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.
— Helen Gurley Brown

I would join a band, learn from that band and be committed and passionate and bring my thing to the band. Then, when I felt like we were going to repeat ourselves, and I needed to learn more, I would go somewhere else. — Johnny Marr

Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way.
p.207 — Norman Mailer

As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up. — George Meyer

Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different. — Donald Miller

Apparently one impression we are making ... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment. — Abraham Maslow

When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art. — Victoria Osteen