Karoo Life Quotes & Sayings

I'd become aware of human complexity
that's a kinder word than deceit. — Abraham Verghese

Gods and goddesses are not what people think they are. Their names are terms with which we try to convey a certain experience, a state of consciousness. — Frederick Lenz

Writing novels reminds me of being an awkward 15-year-old typing on a Commodore 64 in his bedroom, trying to be the next Stephen King. — Duane Swierczynski

12) The Most Important Rule of Beauty
If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important Rule of Beauty. Who cares? — Tina Fey

As a poet there is something about joy I find hard to express, whereas every other emotion is rather simple. For instance, you never feel so bad that you can't describe how bad you feel, but joy on the other hand is far too divine for human language. — Criss Jami

I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't. — Claudia Rankine

If chick-lit really is taking a commercial battering, I'd suggest it's because the marketing has been done to death. Covering everything in girlie pink and putting chocolate in the title may once have been a clever Pavlovian device but now makes readers feel a bit sick. — Jojo Moyes

Good though his eyesight was, however, he would have been unlikely to spot the Stanley knife being turned rhythmically between long, fine fingers. — Robert Galbraith

I think having eight kids evens things out a bit. You learn about the world; you learn about the world; you learn you've got to get along. We're all - if anything - very adjustable. — Matthew Ashford

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents. — Marilyn Monroe

Of all the superstitions that affect India, none is so great as that a knowledge of the English language is necessary for imbibing ideas of liberty and developing accuracy to thought. — Mahatma Gandhi

They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks. — Clint Eastwood

If you open your heart and become like a child, you will always be blissful, always content. — Dharma Mittra