Leash Aggression Quotes & Sayings

The creator wrestles with a hard, invisible substance, a substance far superior to him. Even the greatest victor emerges vanquished, because our deepest secret, the only one that deserves expression, always remains unexpressed. This secret never submits to art's material contours. We suffocate inside every word. Seeing a blossoming tree, a hero, a woman, the morning star, we cry, Ah! Nothing else is able to accommodate our joy. When, analyzing this Ah! we wish to turn it into thought and art in order to impart it to mankind and rescue it from our own dissolution, how it cheapens into brazen, mascaraed words full of air and fancy! — Nikos Kazantzakis

A poem is a form of refrigeration that stops language going bad. — Peter Porter

It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again. — George R R Martin

He ignored me, thank God, saying to Kat, "Let go of Frosty's leash. You're choking the life out of him."
Kat's eyes narrowed to tiny slits, a sure sign of her aggression. "He deserves to choke. He didn't keep little frosty in his pants this summer." the words snapped like a whip.
"He did." Cole snapped back with unwavering confidence.
"Not."
"Did."
"Not!"
"Did,"
"Not, not, not!" she shouted with a stomp of her foot.
"What are we five?" Cole said.
"Six. — Gena Showalter

It's a fraction of the cost to prevent a war than prosecute a war. — Marianne Williamson

But ought we to give him up? 'I should say, certainly not.' Then I fear that I must lay hands on my father Parmenides; but do not call me a parricide; for there is no way out of the difficulty except to show that in some sense not-being is; and if this is not admitted, no one can speak of falsehood, or false opinion, or imitation, without falling into a contradiction. You observe how unwilling I am to undertake the task; for I know that I am exposing myself to the charge of inconsistency in asserting the being of not-being. But if I am to make the attempt, I think that I had better begin at the beginning. — Plato

They are white, four-limbed, about the size of a full-grown human, but that's where the comparisons stop. Naked, with long reptilian tails, arched backs, and heads that jut forward. — Suzanne Collins

Competing to be the best feeds on imitation. Competing to be unique thrives on innovation. — Joan Magretta

The most powerful speaking you can do is the speaking that comes from your heart and your love. — Sandra Cisneros

The real danger with debt is what happens if lots of people decide, or are forced, to pay it off at the same time. — Paul Krugman

Wilderness begins in the human mind. — Edward Abbey

Fortunately I am a mentally strong person and believe I will learn from the experience and continue to improve as a player and person because of it.
(on breaking his leg) — Michael Owen