Lorenda Reddekopp Quotes & Sayings

It is by discourse that men associate; and words are imposed according to the apprehension of the vulgar. And therefore the ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obsesses the understanding. Nor do the definitions or explanations, wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves, by any means set the matter right. But words plainly force and overrule the understanding, and throw all into confusion, and lead men away into innumerable and inane controversies and fancies. — Francis Bacon

There's nothing worse than a woman who tries too hard. — Heidi McLaughlin

The future of narrative? Built in, part of the human template. Not going away. The future of the codex book, with pages and so forth? A platform for transmitting narratives. — Margaret Atwood

Nobody is going to notice Billie. People like us are invisible. — Elaine Hussey

Music was not so very different from mathematics. It was all just patterns and sequences. The only difference was that they hung in the air instead of on a piece of paper. Dancing was a grand equation. One side was sound, the other movement. The dancer's job was to make them equal. — Julia Quinn

He wasn't sure why he felt so compelled to follow the singing, or why he needed to bring the foot with him, but he knew the two phenomena were connected. And in the midst of the mystery lay his father. His father's sanity. Nicholas was sure of this. — Kevin Wallis

The power in each individual comes from all of us, and the power of all of us comes from each individual. — Jo-Ann L. Tremblay

I always thought that as much as I love 'White Jazz,' it became almost unfilmable at some point, because there are so many strands, so much, and it became so psychotic ... that's what made it such a great book, but those things would not carry over into the filmic realm, I thought, with ease. — Joe Carnahan

Whate'er my doom;
It cannot be unhappy: God hath given me
The boon of resignation. — Woodrow Wilson

A well-trained mind has less difficulty in submitting to than in guiding an ill-trained mind. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The world is cynical and sarcastic, but that doesn't mean that that's always the truth. — Patrick Ness

Everything can be restored. If one won't believe that, how does one endure all this? — Chris Cleave

Women love the last blow as well as the last word, and when they fight for love they are pitiless as a wounded buffalo. — H. Rider Haggard