Haluan Quotes & Sayings

Books are interchangeable: People want a story that excites them, relaxes them, entertains them. And if you don't give them that, someone else will - and you'll be history. — Joel Dicker

I am a child of the Milky Way. The night is my mother. I am made of the dust of stars. Every atom in my body was forged in a star. When the universe exploded into being, already the bird longed for the wood and the fish for the pool. When the first galaxies fell into luminous clumps, already matter was struggling toward consciousness. The star clouds of Sagittarius are a burning bush. If there is a voice in Sagittarius, I'd be a fool not to listen. If God's voice in the night is a scrawny cry, then I'll prick up my ears. If night's faint lights fail to knock me off my feet, then I'll sit back on a dark hillside and wait and watch. A hint here and a trait there. Listening and watching. Waiting, always waiting, for the tingle in the spine. — Chet Raymo

Ramona was originally an accidental character I added to the Henry Huggins books because I noticed that none of the characters had siblings. I added Ramona as Beazus' pestering little sister. — Beverly Cleary

Nothing relieves stress like setting things on fire. — Chris Cannon

I'd love to play the piano, and I'm going to work on it. — D.J. MacHale

I think I'm a really tough player. — Caroline Wozniacki

She finally understood that, no matter how hard you try, you can't make someone love you. You can't stop them from making the wrong decision. There's no magic for that. — Sarah Addison Allen

Poetry is what gets lost in translation. — Robert Frost

Sometimes I sing very honestly, really as moving as possible. — Klaus Nomi

I am thankful for every breath I take, I am perfectly aware that every time I take a breath someone somewhere loses it — Bangambiki Habyarimana

I was starting to feel like my opposition was futile. Was my resistance worth the weariness that was seeping into my body? I couldn't deny that I coveted him. I recognized my body's demand for him for what it was and I had no disillusionments; I knew that I would enjoy the promises he tantalized me with. — J.M. Northup