Kendall Thatcher Quotes & Sayings

Do you like to read?" I asked, pointing at my little shelf.
Moses eyed my books. "Yes."
His answer surprised me. Maybe it was his reputation as a gang banging delinquent. Maybe it was because of the way he looked. But he didn't seem like the type who enjoyed sitting quietly with a book.
"What's your favorite book?" I sounded suspicious and his eyes tightened.
"I like Catcher in the Rye. The Outsiders, 1984, Of Mice and Men, Dune, Starship Troopers, Lord of the Rings. Anything by Tom Clancy or JK Rowling."
He said JK Rowling quickly, like he didn't want to admit to being a Potter fan. But I was stunned. — Amy Harmon

He no longer lives in years; he is down to seasons. Finally it will become single nights, each one perilous as a lunar journey. He — James Salter

We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become. — Thomas S. Monson

I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me. — Walter Raleigh

Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable. — Brandon Mull

Only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of the other person - without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know that if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not give by the other. — Osho

Strong leaders cannot tolerate weak leaders above them. — Tom Krause

My thoughts jumbled together, but I remembered that one was not supposed to make eye contact with royalty; or was that mad wolves? — Bethany Canaan

The engine of liberty must be greased with the blood of both the oppressors and the oppressed. There is no better lubrication for something so prone to rust and seizure." Sirius Vant, in a speech to the Sun Dogs, Unknown Planet, Aashaanti Corridor, final stages of the Triton Wars — Sara King

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. — Benjamin Disraeli

Have a story. And make sure it's a good one. A DAMN good one. — Hugh MacLeod

payment, an economist was included in the product-design team. Microeconomists no longer just study how existing firms work, they help design new ones. — Anonymous

I have tried to write stories that go into the underworld of myth and bring out life and fire - where the old world looked at a woman alone and immortal and said: she must long to die, I have tried to say: look at her live! — Catherynne M Valente

We should not delude ourselves into thinking that our historical narratives, as commonly constructed, are anything more than retrofits. — Niall Ferguson

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. — Ivan Illich