Hashida Garo Quotes & Sayings

He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Immortality is an aim, not a fact. — Gregory Benford

Love. Oscar knew he should have checked out right then. He liked to kid himself that it was only cold anthropological interest that kept him around to see how it would all end, but the truth was he couldn't extricate himself. He was totally and irrevocably in love with Ana. What he used to feel for those girls he'd never really known was nothing compared to the amor he was carrying in his heart for Ana. It had the density of a dwarf-motherfucking-star and at times he was a hundred percent sure it would drive him mad. The only thing that came close to how he felt about his books; only the combined love he had for everything he'd read and everything he hoped to write came even close. — Junot Diaz

I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a 'puff' for a book I truly love. — Peter James

There are some writers who feel they are elected by God. I am not. I am elected by the devil - this is clear. — Eduardo Galeano

The stage can be defined as a place where Shakespeare murdered Hamlet and a great many Hamlets murdered Shakespeare. — Robert Morse

I'd rather mate with a snake," I told her, which was pretty low as far as dog swears went. — Mark Tufo

When I started 'Hudson Hawk,' I realized I was dealing with a strong-willed producer, a strong-willed actor, and, at times, a strong-willed studio, and I was the junior partner in all of this - the guy who hadn't proven anything in terms of box-office success. — Michael Lehmann

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years. — Stephen Leacock

If she actually had friends, maybe she wouldn't have turned out so nasty and evil. — Liz Braswell

I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then, my goodness, I never stopped. — Jane Gardam

Why is it that people talk about death, as if it is a part of life, when it is entirely separate? Someone passes on into the never ending void, where the living aren't allowed. We can't see, hear, touch or feel those who have succumbed to the eternal sleep, but we comfort ourselves with thoughts of a grander plan. We tell ourselves that they are in a better place, but what could be greater than breathing the same air, as those loved ones? Their pain may be gone, but pleasure can only be when it is stark against the hurt that life brings? — J.D. Stroube

I don't know anything about music. — Captain Beefheart

The world changes, relationships change but you should never have to for others. Be proud & believe in yourself. Be who you are and stand boldly in your truth. If others can't understand that ... it's their problem and not yours. Live your life ... enjoy it while you can no matter where it takes you. Be more than a conquer. Be great ... be yourself! — Timothy Pina