Laningham Auctions Quotes & Sayings

Bones glanced behind me, with just the barest inclination of his head. I walked away from him, muttering, "Don't worry, you don't need to have Mencheres break out the invisible straitjacket again. I haven't gone crazy. I just didn't understand until now."
He still looked like he was debating having Mencheres lay the power whammy on me, so I sat down by Kira in a very deliberate manner, folding my hands in my lap. There. Didn't I look calm and sane? — Jeaniene Frost

Number, place, and combination ... the three intersecting but distinct spheres of thought to which all mathematical ideas admit of being referred. — James Joseph Sylvester

people who feel that fiction should be easy to read, that it's a popular medium — David Foster Wallace

If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself. — Juan Diego Solanas

Every author these days is an award-winning novelist. Why? Because they set up an award contest and they dub themselves the winner. — Karen E. Quinones Miller

Humans like nothing more than to pigeonhole the events & phenomena that punctuate their lives. — China Mieville

The statement, "The debt problem has become so extreme that we have no choice but to cut social spending" is presented as an objective assessment of our situation. But can you imagine a media commentator making the following assertion? "The debt problem has become so extreme that we have no choice but to raise taxes on the rich." — Linda McQuaig

I took my bike instead of the car so I wouldn't wake Mom. I remember it started to rain and then I saw headlights coming when I turned the corner. I tried to get out of the way, but it all just happened so fast I couldn't stop. — Apryl Baker

She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best. — Gordon Lightfoot

We go on our hands and knees and crawl our way towards the truth — Ian McEwan

Today, nothing is unusual about a scientific discovery's being followed soon after by a technical application: The discovery of electrons led to electronics; fission led to nuclear energy. But before the 1880's, science played almost no role in the advances of technology. For example, James Watt developed the first efficient steam engine long before science established the equivalence between mechanical heat and energy. — Edward Teller

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. — Henry Ford