Ismerian Quotes & Sayings

At her easiest, she was hard, because her brain was always working, working, working - I had to exert myself just to keep pace with her. I'd spend an hour crafting a casual e-mail to her, I became a student of arcana so I could keep her interested: the Lake poets, the code duello, the French Revolution. Her mind was both wide and deep, and I got smarter being with her. And more considerate, and more active, and more alive, and almost electric, because for Amy, love was like drugs or booze or porn: There was no plateau. Each exposure needed to be more intense than the last to achieve the same result.
Amy made me believe I was exceptional, that I was up to her level of play. That was both our making and undoing. Because I couldn't handle the demands of greatness. I began craving ease and averageness, and I hated myself for it, and ultimately, I realized, I punished her for it. I turned her into the brittle, prickly thing she became. — Gillian Flynn

Give others freedom to be themselves. Appreciate the differences between their ways an yours. — Jennifer Chen

I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up. — LeBron James

This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for his country in a ladies' lavatory in Upper Bavaria. — Alistair MacLean

Any attempt to list the ten best science fiction novels is doomed to failure. — Ann Leckie

To be on the road, even if you're not that happy, is all right, as long as I'm pourin' me heart into it. — Joe Cocker

I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in the position with some directors, who will be calling me directly, and we're working on things and talking about things, but that's on a purely creative level. — Christian Bale

I learned early on, stay away from politics, stay away from religion and don't talk about sports. Those three right there will get you in trouble. — Gabriel Iglesias

A short story is a messenger from beyond mere thought, that wanders the Earth knocking on doors, praying for a soul that will let it in. — Richard Small

When you get married, you'll understand what happiness is. But then it will be too late. — Faina Ranevskaya

The outer prisons are made by the community to contain those who have dared break its laws. The inner prisons each man makes for himself because of what he feels are his transgressions. — Lucy Freeman

A child with minimal video and TV exposure ... might be more naive about social ills but at the same time more sophisticated in inner direction, self-discipline, and the realities of her actual physical world. — Diane Medved