House Of Fools Reeves And Mortimer Quotes & Sayings

I think of myself as a serious professor who, during the weekend, writes novels. — Umberto Eco

Entertaining the reader is a good function. — David Denby

Those are the two best words in English, 'Bidding' and 'war'. — Evan Daugherty

For mere vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge. But for security of the future I would do every thing. — James A. Garfield

One of the reasons I write in different genres is that I get to have the feeling - even fleetingly - that I'm not just writing like Baggott again. I can escape myself. — Julianna Baggott

Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life. — Henry L. Stimson

You will have a story in there ... or a character, a place, a poem, a moment in time. When you find it, you will write it. Word after word after word after word. — Patricia MacLachlan

You can't find intimacy-you can't find home-when you're always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and misunderstood. — Junot Diaz

Life should be measured with product — Sunday Adelaja

My mom tries to comfort me by saying that girls like Heather Campbell tend to peak early in life and then quickly fade. That's why she looks so much better than everyone now. But by the time I go to my ten-year reunion, I'll be way prettier than she is. To which I always reply with the same statement, "I don't want to be pretty in ten years. I want to be pretty now."
Because what good is it to me now that I might or might not be drop-dead gorgeous when I'm twenty-seven? It's not like I can go to school every day with a big cardboard sign around my neck that says, "Trust me, in ten years, I'll look like this." And then an arrow pointing to a picture of a supermodel. — Jessica Brody