Hineni Leonard Quotes & Sayings

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow. — Confucius

Art and writing come from somewhere down around the lizard brain. It's a much more peculiar activity than we like to think it is. The problems arise when we try to domesticate the practice, to pretend that it's a normal human activity and that "everybody's creative." They're not. — Dave Hickey

Be who you are and do that well. — Saint Francis De Sales

Two hundred years after Euro-Americans "discovered" it, America's river west begins and ends at pollution. — Bill Lambrecht

[T]he incomparable Diana Wynne Jones, one of the finest mythic fiction writers of our age, who left us too early (due to cancer) two days ago. I'm so grateful to her for the extraordinary books she has left behind, which have inspired a whole generation of younger writers. She was writing brilliant YA fantasy before the genre (as we know it now) even existed; she was writing enchanting "wizard school" books long before Harry Potter was a gleam in Rowling's eye; and her knowledge of how to weave mythic/folkloric themes into contemporary fiction was second to no one's. Diana will be terribly missed, but through her magical stories, her light will stay on. — Terri Windling

One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit. — J.A. Konrath

Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for your art. Then your art teaches you about life. — Nick Bantock

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay. — Amos Bronson Alcott

Write the best thing you can, whatever it is. It is deeply moving to read a letter from Spain or somewhere that says they read my book and fell in love with my daughter. Or that a book I wrote changed their life. It is amazing to be on the receiving end of that. Don't deny yourself that. — Dan Alatorre

He's taking the change well? She asked.
Except for getting a bit overtired. He's excited, but what 15-year-old wouldn't be under these circumstances? — Frank Herbert

Just a little bit too freaked to go to The Freak Show today. — Tamaki, Mariko

If you elect me president, we will have a president that believes America is the greatest country in the world and we will have a president that acts like it. — Marco Rubio

Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth. — Boris Pasternak