Koestler Tile Quotes & Sayings

Rubashov had always believed that he knew himself rather well. Being without moral prejudices, he had no illusions about the phenomenon called the "first person singular" and had taken for granted, without particular emotion, that this phenomenon was endowed with certain impulses which people are generally reluctant to admit. Now, when he stood with his forehead against the window or suddenly stopped on the third black tile, he made unexpected discoveries. He found that those processes wrongly known as monologues are really dialogues of a special kind - dialogues in which one partner remains silent while the other, against all grammatical rules, addresses him as "I" instead of "you," in order to creep into his confidence and to fathom his intentions, but the silent partner just remains silent, shuns observation, and even refuses to be localized in time and space. — Arthur Koestler

To ensure longterm failure is not an option, one must learn from many short-term failures. — Orrin Woodward

That's funny, it's funny! — Deyth Banger

Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser. — Joseph Addison

While Primal eating is low-carb in comparison to the Standard American Diet, it advocates abundant consumption of nutritious carbs such as all vegetables and certain fruits. — Mark Sisson

We've already lost the first woman we ever loved. The thought of going through that again scares the shit out of us. — Jamie McGuire

If we like them, they're freedom fighters, she thought. If we don't like them, they're terrorists. In the unlikely case we can't make up our minds, they're temporarily only guerrillas. — Carl Sagan

They jealous 'cause you got the night in you. Some people got night in 'em, some got morning, others, like me and your mama, got dusk. But it's only them that's got night can become invisible. People what got night in 'em can step into the dark and poof - disappear! Go any old where they want. Do anything. Ride them stars up there, like as not. — Barbara Neely

I'd been so afraid of losing that I'd never tried to win. — Colleen Houck

The biologist passes. The frog stays the same. — Jean Rostand

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced. — C. A. Bartol