Hefners Quotes & Sayings

Being the reader of a dark fairy tale is much like being the hero of one. Our lives are filled with pain, boredom, and fear. We want to venture into the dark wood, to see the oddities and the beauties it holds, and to test ourselves against them. So we pick up a book of fairy tales. The real ones. THe weird ones. The dark ones. We see oddities and beauties galore. We test our courage and our understanding. Finally, we put the book down and return to our lives. And hopefully, just like the hero of the fairy tale, we return stronger, richer, and wiser. In difficult times - of recession and violence and political bitterness - we long for a dark forest to which we can escape; and from which we can return, better than we were before. — Adam Gidwitz

Ceony made her way down the hall, peeking briefly into her room. The bed had been remade, and she smiled. Emery's odd knack for tidiness had him folding and tucking blanket corners as though crafting a spell, and while he had demonstrated to Ceony how to properly make a bed, she'd never taken the time to mimic the art. She often kept the door to her room closed just so Emery wouldn't be tempted to rearrange her things, but with her out of the house, there was nothing to stop him.
He must be bored.
She passed her room and stuck her head into the library, but the paper magician wasn't there. The table and telegraph had both been moved to the right of the window, however. Terribly bored, then. — Charlie N. Holmberg

No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution — Barack Obama

Out of the military, out of the war, out of the only life they knew. Team Fear took the fall. — Cindy Skaggs

He was clearly in love with Amber too, and this time it wasn't the usual water off the back of the duck. Instead, the duck, wounded by a hunter and bewildered because half its head had been shot way, and was still tottering about on its webby feet by the side of the pond. From the one side it looked like a duck usually looks. From the other, it was a different story. — Ali Smith

I've had four hundred years. Four hundred years of scraping by, and trying not to eat people. Four hundred years, and it's still not enough. — T.W. Brown

I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician. — Bel Powley

Manufacturers are making products kosher to get in on that market, plus more people are looking for kosher. — Larry Miller

But I also believe that a person's character can be revealed within moments of the acquaintance, unless he purposely tries to hide it". — Jennifer K. Clark

A woman could be cobra-thin and starving, but if she had grapefruit boobs and raccoon eyes, she was deliriously happy. — Toni Morrison

I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten? — John Cleese

To all the readers,
whom despite
the attraction of tv,
of internet,
of family troubles,
of video games,
of sport,
of night clubs,
have found some hours
so we can all dream together. — Bernard Werber

The secret of happiness is to enjoy the moment, without allowing unhappy memories or fear of the future to shadow the shining present. — Elizabeth Peters