Intercepting Arcs Quotes & Sayings

I'm working on my own life story. I don't mean I'm putting it together; no, I'm taking it apart. — Margaret Atwood

If, before every action, we were to begin by weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the probable, then the possible, then the imaginable ones, we should never move beyond the point where our first thought brought us to a halt. The good and evil resulting from our words and deeds go on apportioning themselves, one assumes in a reasonably uniform and balanced way, throughout all the days to follow, including those endless days, when we shall not be here to find out, to congratulate ourselves or ask for pardon, indeed there are those who claim that this is the much talked of immortality. — Jose Saramago

Still, he could not think of the mass of Moroccans without contempt. He had no patience with their ignorance and backwardness; if he damned the Europeans with one breath, he was bound to damn the Moroccans with the next. No one escaped but him, and that was because he hated himself most of all. — Paul Bowles

Well . . . well, yes, I suppose it's very old. Perhaps someone just assumed that since it was an antique, it must be worth something. — Kate Milford

Going to so many book events keeps me connected with my readership while constantly reminding me that all the long hours at the drawing desk are worthwhile. — Raina Telgemeier

I believe that God is a power underneath my life here on earth. His goodness undergirds me and uplifts me. — Wilferd Peterson