Ingstad Brothers Quotes & Sayings

Lost in the shadows of the shelves, I almost fall off the ladder. I am exactly halfway up. The floor of the bookstore is far below me, the surface of a planet I've left behind. — Robin Sloan

No self-respecting bird in good health would allow its feathers to look ruffled. No confident cougar would let its fur long remain matted and dirty. — Terry Goodkind

God made us for one reason: so He could have fellowship with us. It wasn't that He was lonely or needed us but He made us in His image so He could shower His love upon us. — Billy Graham

It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged. — Brian Eno

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors. — Paul Cezanne

Who knows, perhaps the will to please leads people to crime as often as evil or greed does. People want to fit in and do well, and they do indescribably stupid things because of it. Is that what happened here? — David Lagercrantz

I'VE NEVER BEEN VERY SURE ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT, said Bill Door. I AM NOT SURE THERE IS SUCH A THING AS RIGHT. OR WRONG. JUST PLACES TO STAND. — Terry Pratchett

Wind moving through grass so that the grass quivers. This moves me with an emotion I don't even understand. — Katherine Mansfield

Success is predictable. — Brian Tracy

In his dark story collection Poachers, Tom Franklin, who once worked in a grit factory, offers the sad and sorry lives of people stuck in the back-waters of the Alabama River, who tend to subsist on a steady diet of moon-shine and stale crackers. — Nancy Pearl

Don't hate me. Tell me ... everything' s okay. I was always so ashamed. I was ashamed of my weakness. But ... I want you to say it. Just once ... even if it's a lie. I know it will give me the courage ... to try and become strong. — Natsuki Takaya

The morning sun danced on her hair, transforming the brown to gold and reddish glints. An errant sunbeam angled over her face, dusting her long lashes with light, accentuating the perfection of her nose, her cheekbones, and the beauty of her complexion. — Karen Ranney

All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying. — Meryl Streep

Pushing through fear was what eventually set you free. — Martina Boone

she's ready." A gorgeous blonde came in with a box that opened — Francine Rivers