Lxxiv Quotes & Sayings

Who one believes God to be is most accurately revealed not in any credo but in the way one speaks to God when no one else is listening. — Nancy Mairs

Out of dark waters, this. — Jenny Offill

She might not be able to fix the
past, but she was willing to spend a
lifetime showing him what love could
be: beautiful not ugly, uplifting not
destructive, and more precious than
diamonds. — Kitty French

To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's build their own realities, move into them and occasionally send letters home. The only difference between a writer and a crazy person is that a writer gets paid for it. — David Gerrold

When we establish human connections within the context of shared
experience we create community wherever we go. — Gina Greenlee

My feet are completely flat, but for most of my life they were still shaped like feet. Now, thanks to bunions, they're shaped more like states, wide boring ones that nobody wants to drive through. — David Sedaris

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles. — John Wooden

Congress doesn't hate Congress. — Jack Abramoff

Did I imagine all this? People are shooting at me! My job blew up, and I just watched myself exit my own room! This has been one day I will never forget! — D.W. Beam

This book is less a sequel to my last one and more a collection of bizarre essays and conversations and confused thoughts stuck together by spilled boxed wine and the frustrated tears of baffled editors who have no choice but to accept my belief that it's perfectly acceptable to make up something if you need a word that doesn't already exist, and that punctuation is really more of a suggestion than a law. — Jenny Lawson

Triumphing over nature means better lives for sentients, but dominance is sustained only by bringing order to chaos and establishing law where none exists. — James Luceno

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. — Abraham Lincoln

One way to think of it is in terms of maps and globes. Maps are easy. They're flat and predictable, easy to chart out a course. You can see the whole landscape in a simple, two-dimensional layout. However, as easy as they are, maps are unrealistic. The world isn't flat; it's not color coded and foldable and easily stored in your car's glove box. Life is too complex and beautiful to be captured on a map. It may help you see the big picture, but it does not help you understand the magnitude of the journey. — Jeff Goins