Jiska Rickels Quotes & Sayings

We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion. — Hildegard Of Bingen

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. — Barry Goldwater

The conventional wisdom of fandom is that you must give your fans anything they want. But I've never felt that that's a healthy attitude - and that comes from being a Star Wars fan. — DJ Shadow

I think that my mother, Frances Dorothy Peck, modeled her whole life on that of Scarlett O'Hara. — Pat Conroy

Self-consciousness is a man's worst enemy. — Nick Hornby

Marrying for sex is like flying to London for the free peanuts and pretzels. It's not the point of the thing, is it? — Garrison Keillor

Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema. — Lance Reddick

Sometimes there's not a better way. Sometimes there's only the hard way. — Mary E. Pearson

I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. — Jesse Owens

Avelina shuddered and pressed her face into Lord Thornbeck's shoulder. He held her tight against him. If only she could stay like this forever, safe and warm and protected, or at least until she stopped shaking. She — Melanie Dickerson

She was through the doors before I recognized her, which was pardonable, for Holly and libraries were not an easy association to make. I let curiosity guide me between the lions, debating on the way whether I should admit following her or pretend coincidence. — Truman Capote