Herbology Morton Quotes & Sayings

It's the rule of the two F's: I've got to be a fan and I've got to be a friend. We only work with people we have a cool personal relationship with. — David Macklovitch

When we reach our limit, if we aspire to know that place fully - which is to say that we aspire to neither indulge nor repress - a hardness in us will dissolve. We will be softened by the sheer force of whatever energy arises - the energy of anger, the energy of disappointment, the energy of fear. When it's not solidified in one direction or another, that very energy pierces us to the heart, and it opens us. This is the discovery of egolessness. It's when all our usual schemes fall apart. Reaching our limit is like finding a doorway to sanity and the unconditional goodness of humanity, rather than meeting an obstacle or a punishment. — Pema Chodron

If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion. — Douglas Adams

Nobody knows what really happened in any historical period. There are some periods where we know more than others, though. — Michael Hirst

[I'm]a freak user of words, not a poet. — Dylan Thomas

The deal is: most men just want to marry someone who is nice to them. — Tracy McMillan

Straight As might improve chances for a job but talent improves chances of a promotion. — Grant McLachlan

As a functional Aspergian adult, one thing troubles me deeply about those kids who end up behind the second door. Many descriptions of autism and Asperger's describe people like me as "not wanting contact with others" or "preferring to play alone." I can't speak for other kids, but I'd like to be very clear about my own feelings: I did not ever want to be alone. And all those child psychologists who said "John prefers to play by himself" were dead wrong. I played by myself because I was a failure at playing with others. I was alone as a result of my own limitations, and being alone was one of the bitterest disappointments of my young life. — John Elder Robison

Wasn't this the man who had made hot-water bottles for me every month when I got my period, — Marian Keyes

I am a huge fan of world-building. I love doing it in my own books, and I love reading it done well. — Sarah Monette

I don't think there is any religious revival. I think what we are hearing, the furor, is merely the hysterical response of the churches the handwriting on the wall that they are seeing. — Daniel Dennett

Art shouldn't be something that you go quietly into an art gallery and dip your forelock and say 'I have to be very quiet, I'm in here amongst the art.' It's here, art's everywhere. It's how you use your eyes. It's about the enjoyment of visual things. And it's certainly not for any one group of people. — Ken Done

What I have to say is superfluous for anyone who often feels the pangs of hunger — Clarice Lispector

He pursued a lifetime of abuse that could only come from a warped relationship with the future. — Dana Spiotta

I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you. — Andy Richter