Libriomancer Quotes & Sayings

I have been so satisfied with the Christian religion that I have spent no time trying to find arguments against it ... I am not afraid now that you will show me any. I feel that I have enough information to live and die by. — William Jennings Bryan

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer. — Kimberly Willis Holt

When it comes to doing good, fat-tailed distributions seem to be everywhere. It's not always true that exactly 80 percent of the value comes from the top 20 percent of activities - sometimes things are even more extreme than that, and sometimes less. But the general rule that most of the value generated comes from the very best activities is very common. — William MacAskill

I would get up in the morning and I would say, "How am I going to bother them today?" — Rigoberta Menchu

People can criticise me all day long. It just washes off me. You might as well be talking to a wall. — Noel Clarke

I don't think I should be telling you every 10 minutes what to think. I like to leave the audience alone with the magic. I tend to trust the material, or I don't do it. — Jack O'Brien

The role of the teacher is to make sure that the practice is pure. By guiding the student, you make sure that they are really going into the planes of light and not fooling themselves. — Frederick Lenz

Some people would say it's a bad idea to bring a fire-spider into a public library. Those people would probably be right, but it was better than leaving him alone in the house for nine hours straight. The one time I tried, Smudge had expressed his displeasure by burning through the screen that covered his tank, burrowing into my laundry basket, and setting two weeks' worth of clothes ablaze. — Jim C. Hines

A change in attitude can change your life!. — Sasha Azevedo

If you really want to kill a libriomancer, hook a bomb up to a big red button and tell him not to press it — Jim C. Hines

Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys. — Zooey Deschanel