Kirjanik Quotes & Sayings

[Pliny the Elder] used to say that no book was so bad but some good might be got out of it. — Pliny The Younger

Despite his size and broad-shouldered build, there was a feline quality about him ... he was like a lazy but potentially deadly tiger. — Lisa Kleypas

He can help me survive. Better yet, he might even help me live. — Victoria Aveyard

What say we call it a night. Find someplace safe to hole up and practice our repopulation methods. Do it for our country. What do you think? — Kylie Scott

I'm not a huge shopper. I love looking good - obviously, on the golf course I like looking sharp, that's for sure. I'm just not into knowing brands. — Lexi Thompson

India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The moral, of course, is that you must always try to see other people's Point of View before you criticize anybody. Histories are crammed full of unkind things, silly things, and untrue things - why? Because so often the people who write them will not try to see or feel any Point of View but their own ... So mind that you always look out for the Point of View and help people to see yours, too, if you want them to understand you. — Katherine Paterson

Probably the best explanation for my success and other Internet writers, is that we're tapping a genre or a niche out there that needs to be filled and isn't. — Tucker Max

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. — Dean Acheson

[Statists] believe that government should make decisions for individuals. Since individuals usually prefer to make their own decisions, coercion and compulsion become necessary correctives. — Theodore J. Forstmann

I can't stay away from you," he whispers ... "Don't stay away from me, then," I whisper back ... — Cat Patrick

For really there is nothing like wings for getting you into trouble. But, on the other hand, if you are in trouble, there is nothing like wings for getting you out of it. — E. Nesbit

A wonderful story collection set between one place and another and shaped by a fearless sense of comedy. — W.G. Sebald