Journal Prompt Quotes & Sayings

A story that has nothing but action and plot is a pretty poor affair; and some great stories have neither. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort. — John F. Kennedy

I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach. — Louise Fitzhugh

Somehow, the very errors and faults of one individual served to call out the higher excellencies in another, and so they re-acted upon each other, and the result of short discords was exceeding harmony and peace. — Elizabeth Gaskell

I find I like the spotlight for a very brief period of time ... and I sort of need it. But then, the minute that it's done, I have to sort of go hide. So I was never really meant, I think, to be a performer for a living. — Jason Robert Brown

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases. — John Mason Brown

Thanks for nothing, regular human mom. Footnote: nothing except for the unconditional love and support and meticulous care to make sure I faced the world fully informed about my body and reproductive health. — Lindy West

How about that?" Henry claps — Jojo Moyes

I'm comfortable with the unknown
that's the point of science. There are places out there, billions of places out there, that we know nothing about. And the fact that we know nothing about them excites me, and I want to go out and find out about them.
And that's what science is.
So I think if you're not comfortable with the unknown, then it's difficult to be a scientist ... I don't need an answer. I don't need answers to everything. I want to have answers to find. — Brian Cox

When somebody tells you they're not very smart, they're saying exactly the opposite. — Tim Allen