Lyst Quotes & Sayings

Very few authors, especially the unpublished, can resist an invitation to read aloud. — Truman Capote

Take one vial of my blood and I will not die.
But if you continue taking it, one vial at a time ...
slowly ... I will die, slowly. But make no mistake. I will die.
It is the same with my rights. — Jose N. Harris

I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny. — Nigel Cole

OMG. He's a gift shop, a lamb kebab with mint,/a solar panel poetry machine with biceps. He's the path/through the dark woods, the light on the page, a postcard/from the castle and a one-way ticket there. He's the most/astounding arrangement of molecules ever!/Just look at those tights! An honest-to-God prince at last. — Ron Koertge

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure. — J.K. Rowling

My mother made me take piano lessons, and because I am her oldest and she had not yet been worn down by the task of prodding five children to practice every day, she kept me practicing despite my whining. — Sheri L. Dew

Sometimes he feels like he can't breathe.
Sometimes his thoughts come so fast he has to find one perfect memory.
Cling to it.
A life raft. — Blake Crouch

Nothing but blackness above And nothing that moves but the cars ... God, if you wish for our love, Fling us a handful of stars! — Louis Untermeyer

If we wish to draw philosophical conclusions about our own existence, our significance, and the significance of the universe itself, our conclusions should be based on empirical knowledge. A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa, whether or not we like the implications. — Lawrence M. Krauss

Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it - only then will we know what it is to be free. — Andrea Dworkin

To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can carry it without overstrain, is really a fine art. — Horace Kephart

Beautiful gay men are God's gift to women. They're like a consolation prize for ... well, for everything else about being a woman. — Meg Howrey

Something that can never be learnt too thoroughly can never be said too often. — Seneca The Younger

Of the over 100,000 wildfires that happen in the U.S. each year, not a single one would get started without the fire triangle: Oxygen, heat and fuel. Fire needs all three to exist. It's like the three branches of our government: Legislative, judicial and executive. The fewer there are, the safer we are. — Stephen Colbert