Karen Raven Famous Quotes & Sayings

The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart. — Salmon P. Chase

There are few positions less inspiriting than those of a discomfited party. — Benjamin Disraeli

Good fiction doesn't claim to mirror reality at all. It indicts reality by providing a paradigm of shape and order and justice - the way we all know things should be - without suggesting that's how things really are. Good fiction is the mirage that declares itself a mirage, yet compels us to faith through its beauty. Good fiction is the dream that's too good to be true, so perfect and symmetrical that it gives itself away every time. But it doesn't trick you into suspending your disbelief by trying to look anything like reality. Good fiction makes you acutely, painfully aware of your disbelief, and makes you believe anyway. And when it's done well - when it's done right - good fiction is more real than reality. — P.S. Baber

It's better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot. — Jackie Carter

Why wish for the privilege of living your past life again? You begin a new one every morning — Robert Quillen

We shall have to remove everything that strangles artistic and scientific creativeness. — Alexander Dubcek