Gwynne Phillips Quotes & Sayings

It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement. — Ray Bradbury

The enemies of living life; outdated little liberals, afraid of their own independence; lackeys of thought, enemies of the person and freedom, decrepit preachers of carrion and rot! What do they have: gray heads, the golden mean, the most abject and philistine giftlessness, envious equality, equality without personal dignity, equality as understood by a lackey or a Frenchman of the year ninety-three ... And scoundrells, above all, scoundrels, scoundrels everywhere! — Fyodor Dostoevsky

I'm trying to capture a moment. It's not about the singer at the microphone. I'm trying to look for, like, a moment in between. — Danny Clinch

The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long. — Herodotus

Every day we have a choice. We can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road sometimes based on a dream of a past that never was, fear of each other, distancing and blame, or we can take the much more difficult path, the road of transformation, transcendence, compassion, and love, but also accountability and justice. — Jacqueline Novogratz

Every single day, each time I see her face, see her, it's utterly precious. — Haruki Murakami

I understand the fear surrounding this topic, but the fear is misplaced. We shouldn't be afraid of speaking about this, we should be more afraid of what not speaking about this can lead to. It can ruin relationships, destroy families, and in the most dire circumstances it can end lives. — Adam Schwartz