Leapfrogging Lights Quotes & Sayings

Five thousand years have added no improvement to the hive of the bee, nor to the house of the beaver; but look at the habitations and the achievements of men! — Charles Caleb Colton

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions. — Karen Thompson Walker

The return of the Independent Bookstore is the answer to the stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap megastores. — Kambiz Mostofizadeh

You should never read online comments if you want to keep thoughts above the belt. — Heidi Julavits

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance. — Will Rogers

Meissonier always spent many months researching his subject, finding out, for example, the precise sort of coats or breeches worn at the court of Louis XV, then hunting for them in rag fairs and market stalls or, failing that, having them specially sewn by tailors. — Ross King

Abstruse speculations contain vertigo. — Victor Hugo

Right now in what I am about to say or do, do my desires stem from my lower or my higher self? — Wayne W. Dyer

In fantasy land, I wish I could be a pro golfer. I love golf - the most frustratingly brilliant game on the planet. — Mark Hadlow

I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash. — Billy Bragg

Generosity helps us cultivate awareness of things that really matter. Opportunities that make a real difference in the world. — Andy Stanley

I reread 'Nicholas and Alexandra' in my early twenties, and I never forgot the story. — Kathryn Harrison

(Regarding author Kim Stanley Robinson)
In an era filled with complacent dystopias and escapist apocalypses, Robinson is one of our best, bravest, most moral, and most hopeful storytellers. It's no coincidence that so many of his novels have as their set pieces long, punishing treks through unforgiving country with diminishing provisions, his characters exhausted and despondent but forcing themselves to slog on. What he's telling us over and over, like the voice of the Third Wind whispering when all seems lost, is that it's not too late, don't get scared, don't give up, we're almost there, we can do this, we just have to keep going. — Tim Kreider