Indonesiana Tempo Quotes & Sayings

Before I was really ready to settle in, dawn was creeping up outside, flushing the far side of the curtains. I could feel it approaching, like the footsteps of someone unpleasant coming up the stairs. — Cherie Priest

Since I hold no judgments against my characters, no matter how heinous they might seem, I present them as real people with their own moral centers. We might feel those moral centers are mis-calibrated, but they are there and are the rudders that propel them. This makes reading my work a visceral roller coaster, 'cause the reader must embark on the journey of the protagonist equipped only with his or her own moral center. — Chris Abani

Not blind opposition to progress,but opposition to blind progress ... — John Muir

And I'm reminded just how quickly life can change. — Don Aker

Education than most coloured folks. When she squinted — Harper Lee

I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ... This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west. — Abraham Lincoln

I sometimes wish I weren't as logical as I am and I wish I weren't as smart as I am, because I'd be happy. — Rush Limbaugh

To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed. — Susan Sontag

A bowler can make or break a chap. — John Newton

I like to try and mix diction and experiences. — George Ezra

Like the darkness of night, difficult times don't last. — Debasish Mridha

Maybe you reach a certain point in evolution where boredom is the greatest threat to your survival. Maybe this isn't a planetary takeover at all, but a game. Like a kid pulling wings off flies. — Rick Yancey

In fact the Guild, he liked to think, practiced the ultimate democracy. You didn't need intelligence, social position, beauty or charm to hire it. You just needed money which, unlike the other stuff, was available to everyone. Except for the poor, of course, but there was no helping some people. — Terry Pratchett

Writing one page a day equals a 365 page novel in a year. — Kimberlee R. Mendoza

The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us. — Mario Cuomo