Kerstmarkt Quotes & Sayings

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now? — David Mamet

But a person's smell and their alarms and borrowed shirts and secret words linger for a long time.
Much longer than a house. — Catherynne M Valente

The man had no portraits or photographs, but he had slowly surrounded himself with mementos of a fantastic past. Each little item, by the sheer nature of its being, told a story. Looking around was a little like being back on the dig, or like deciphering an ancient text, and I wondered what stories they would tell me if I only knew how to read them. — William Ritter

I don't really know what an adverb is. A dangling participle? That sounds really rude. I don't know what character is, really. Plot seems vaguely juvenile to me. It's all about language, it's all about how you apply it to the page. — Colum McCann

I pull out my notebook, turn to a blank page, and write, The ghost of Charles Dickens told me that after he turned over in his grave, he couldn't go back to sleep. He's decided to leave eternal rest, reinhabit his decaying body, and exact revenge on you for disturbing his slumber. You've been warned.

I rip out the page and fold it in half twice, making sure the corners are perfectly lined up. I haven't had to make a friend since kindergarten, and apparently my tactics haven't changed much. — Kasie West

I hated living in the small and claustrophobic atmosphere of my house. It didn't feel like home anymore. I felt like an unwanted guest. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

bought my respect. — Jon Krakauer

Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway. — Robert Anthony

The agony of man is always longer than the fleeting moments of bliss. The trick is to reverse those two. — Ben Midland

somethings are best left unknown — G. Norman Lippert

Whatever's missing in your relationship, including a marriage, is what you're not bringing to it. — Nadine Velazquez

I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded. — Dan Marino

I grew up asking for everything under the sun for Christmas, but I knew I wasn't going to get it all. — Faith Hill