Kirrily Niswander Quotes & Sayings

Every story would be another story, and unrecognizable if it took up its characters and plot and happened somewhere else ... Fiction depends for its life on place. Place is the crossroads of circumstance, the proving ground of, What happened? Who's here? Who's coming? ... — Eudora Welty

She put a wedge beside my heart
And then she brought the mallet down
She sang no song to guide her work
I lost my heart without a sound — Shannon Hale

I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football games. What I wanted was to be in my room painting my walls and doing weird stuff. That's what I wanted and I got to do what I wanted, so that, to me, is my high school experience. — Brie Larson

Miles is ... Miles; close to a force of nature, climbing up out of his own pages and escaping subordination to any opinion of mine. — Lois McMaster Bujold

Jesus wastes none of our stories, even our tales of woe. He transforms them into epic adventures where we dare to face our past for the sake of our present. — Mary E. DeMuth

Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order. — Maurice Denis

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy. — Samuel Johnson

Men fear that becoming 'we' will erase his 'I.' For women, our 'we' is our saving grace Women's relationships are like a renewable source of power. — Jane Fonda

Very unfortunately, she had no husband. She had never had a husband, and therefore did not kill a husband. — Agatha Christie

Also, he was young enough that she didn't have to worry about any misunderstandings of the romantic variety - but not so young that she had to feel guilty about appreciating the view. — Claudia Gray

As they left the shop, Mma Ramotswe made amends and told Mma Makutsi that she really thought the blue shoes very beautiful. There was no point in disapproving of a purchase once the deed had been done. — Alexander McCall Smith

My only ambition was to create an honest picture that would interpret nature as she really is, as she ought to be seen. — Joaquin Sorolla

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons. — Theresa May