Lectureship 316 Quotes & Sayings

[M]y first published book had just appeared in stores. The last year of my life
the year of finishing it, editing it, and seeing it through its various page-proof passes
ranks among the most unnerving of my young life. It has not felt good, or freeing. It has felt nerve-shreddingly disquieting. Publication simply allows one that much more to worry about. This cannot be said to aspiring writers often or sternly enough. Whatever they carry within themselves they believe publication cures will not, I can all but guarantee, be cured. You just wind up with new diseases. — Tom Bissell

No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy. — Queen Victoria

The mountain music ... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed by celebrities. — Ethan Coen

God makes the covenant, and observes it as He pleases. — Mason Cooley

She danced like no one was watching, but she knew that I was. — Craig Stone

It is difficult to get played at my age on the radio. — Kenny Rogers

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld. — Don Marquis

I used to work for a newspaper that covered local resource issues, and my coworkers and friends were journalists. Their reporting work was always pretty grim. — Paolo Bacigalupi

I wonder sometimes how much we really understand our own gifts. — Leigh Bardugo

Faith is a really important part of my life and inspires me in all facets of my life, including my songwriting and my singing. — Vusi Mahlasela

Love can wait to give; it is lust that can't wait to get. — Josh McDowell

To win, you have to be willing to die. — Ronda Rousey

Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you'll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. — Jean Cocteau

I learned my "facts of life" on toilet walls. I'd walk up in school bathrooms and there would be crude drawings and figures engaged in sex. That's how I learned. — Liam Neeson

You must remember, unhappiness can consume you entirely, without you realizing. Happiness is a choice. — Viola Shipman