Katsavidi Quotes & Sayings

To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world; it is to educate the senses to see the ordinary as extraordinary, the familiar as strange, the mundane as sacred, the finite as infinite. — Novalis

Success is not determined by the outcome. The outcome is the result of having already decided that you are successful to begin with. — T.F. Hodge

Proust, who did not greatly admire Flaubert, except perhaps in his narrow sense as a stylist - or perhaps only did not care very much for his work - nevertheless owed him a great deal, without realizing how much. From Flaubert he obtained the art of expressing his characters indirectly, through a monologue interieur. This method of characterization is one of Flaubert's greatest contributions to the art of fiction and, as we have seen in Madame Bovary, it is very different from the direct method of characterization practised by Balzac and Stendhal. — Enid Starkie

We dropped our hands, both embarrassed by the sincerity of the moment. But I was learning, Sometimes you had to put it all out there, no matter how hard it felt to do so. When the people in your life were worth it, so was the risk. — Gwenda Bond

There isn't a parallel of latitude but thinks it would have been the equator if it had had its rights. — Mark Twain

After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors. — Ma Jian

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred. — Sonny Bono

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years. — Dhani Harrison

A guy that's really serious about you, he's gotta be talking to you, he's gotta want to have one-on-one, in-your-face interaction. That's how we are. — Steve Harvey

I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up. — Paul McCartney

How can you lie there and think of England when you don't even know who's in the team? — Billy Bragg

Connie threw back her head, opened her mouth and cried to the heavens, as every sensation built and exploded inside her, fireworks and waterfalls, starburst and throbbing heat. — Lynne Connolly

My heart needs only one thing. It needs to be guided Along the age-old path Of life-blossoming self-awareness. — Sri Chinmoy