Kolchinsky Historian Quotes & Sayings

Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. — Lao-Tzu

It's insane, the Internet. Totally craziness. Like a little cancer. People can just do whatever they want, say whatever they want, be totally anonymous. It's totally out of control. — Terry Richardson

I liked my feet and my legs and I liked how I walked into a room, expecting to find people who would be glad to see me. — Kadiatou Diallo

'Ouch' is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word. — Willard Van Orman Quine

She said something in Kiowa in a happy tone. My name is Ay-ti-Podle, the Cicada, whose song means there is a fruit ripening nearby. She gestured back toward the big bay saddle horse and tossed her hair back. It was as if she wanted to include Pasha in this newfound happiness. — Paulette Jiles

Keep praying, even if you have only a whisper left. — Yasmin Mogahed

Thoma is amazed at the telepathy of women. How miraculous it is for one woman to do something weird and another woman to extract its intended meaning. — Manu Joseph

I told her about the time that I got so tired of you stealing the sheets that in my sleep-weary logic I decided that the thing to do was to tie them around my legs, knot and all, and how, when you attempted to steal them that night, you ended up yanking me into you, and I was so startled that I sprang up, tripped, and was nearly concussed. — David Levithan

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all. — Alan Dean Foster

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures. — Alexandre Dumas