Hatortempt Quotes & Sayings

For a man's life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future evils, and would suffer their agonies in advance, while he would get no joy of present blessings since he would know how they would end. Ignorance is the necessary condition of human happiness, and it has to be admitted that on the whole mankind observes that condition well. We are almost entirely ignorant of ourselves; absolutely of others. In ignorance, we find our bliss; in illusions, our happiness. — Anatole France

It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is. — George Will

If it be true that every novel contains an element of autobiography - and this can hardly be denied, since the creator can only express himself in his creation - then there are some of us to whom an open display of sentiment is repugnant. — Joseph Conrad

A bikeway is a symbol that shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally important as a citizen on a $30,000 car. — Enrique Penalosa

We turn not older with years but newer every day. — Emily Dickinson

I didn't care if he was a genius or a fucking idiot, he was rotting away, and it wasn't fun to watch. — Anthony Kiedis

Be wary of those propagating too much about liberty, ideology, and civility; they just might be oppressors in the making. — Aniruddha Sastikar

Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources. — Andrew Solomon

I've written all that I've wanted to write to date. — Rod Serling

The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty. — Jean Baudrillard

To me, detective stories are a great solace, a sort of mental knitting, where it doesn't matter if you drop a stitch."

[From a letter to George Lyttelton] — Rupert Hart-Davis

We fiction writers are a brazen lot, are we not? For we, in our passion, embrace just enough truth to consecrate our delicately contrived lies. — Val Edward Simone

Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you. — Eric Thomas