Irmin Quotes & Sayings

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns. — P.L. Travers

The mind is everything. What you think you become. — Budha

Black success stories lend credence to the notion that anyone, no matter how poor or how black you may be, can make it to the top, if only you try hard enough. These stories "prove" that race is no longer relevant. Whereas black success stories undermined the logic of Jim Crow, they actually reinforce the system of mass incarceration. Mass incarceration depends for its legitimacy on the widespread belief that all those who appear trapped at the bottom actually chose their fate. — Michelle Alexander

I can't bear the thought of oblivion, Asriel," she continued. "Sooner anything than that. I used to think pain would be worse - to be tortured forever - I thought that must be worse . . . But as long as you were conscious, it would be better, wouldn't it? Better than feeling nothing, just going into the dark, everything going out forever and ever? — Philip Pullman

Never ask about the details of someone's personal life, only the quality. Because if they want you to know, they'll let you know. If they don't want you to know, there is no need to know. — S.A. Tawks

Tea. Of course. This was what the English always offered you. It — Chris Ewan

Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor. — Peter Tork

A flowerless room is a soulless room, to my way of thinking; but even a solitary little vase of a living flower may redeem it. — Vita Sackville-West

Everyone around me was super-cool and laid back and skinny and tan and volleyball-y, and I was just this neurotic kid who was singing 'Annie Get Your Gun.' — Rachel Bloom

On the Logical Reasoning, ask the speaker: Oh yeah, asshole? What evidence do you have for that position? — Nathan Fox

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work. — Toby Young

Every morning do not go to work, but go to actualize your desire filled dreams. — Debasish Mridha

I had no inclination to perform as a kid. I was a shy child - I always had my nose in a library book. I didn't start acting until I went to college. Once I started, it seemed to fit like a glove. I felt completely at home on stage. It was the perfect way for me to express myself, even better than writing. — Colman Domingo

It is not the size of our problems but the size of our God that matters most. — Dillon Burroughs

At length, she lay beside him like a burden laid down at evening which must be picked up once more in the morning. — James Baldwin