Icpt Quotes & Sayings

I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus. — Miguel Syjuco

On a day like today,
there's no friend like a book. — Laura Purdie Salas

During the day, our souls gather their ... impressions of us, how our lives feel ... Our spirits collect these impressions, keep them together, like wisps of smoke in a bag. Then, when we're asleep, our brains open up these bags of smoke ... and take a look. — Marsha Norman

Primitive, simplistic anti-Communism is all too often used as a common denominator for diverse efforts to perpetuate one's own power in a democratic system, convert opinions into dogma, and kill off all opposition, even silent. — Eugen Kogon

seen this look on his face before, and I knew exactly what "some time" meant: hours and hours. "Then I'll go find the house by myself," I said. "Not alone, you aren't. You promised." "Then I'll find a person who — Ransom Riggs

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth. — Margaret Thatcher

Having a good time together is the essence of lovingness and the best means of increasing it. — Benjamin Spock

A yawn is more disconcerting than a contradiction. — Mason Cooley

I had come to appreciate the reality of solitude and the illusion of community that bars provide. — Martha Cooley

Learn to draw. Try to make your hand so unconsciously adept that it will put down what you feel without your having to think of your hands. Then you can think of the thing before you. — Sherwood Anderson