Madilyn Grisham Quotes & Sayings

And I knew what I wanted: I would settle in a hill station and write my novel. I had visions of myself at a table on a large veranda, my notes spread out in front of me next to a steaming cup of tea. Green hills heavy with mists would lie at my feet and the shrill cries of monkeys would fill my ears. The weather would be just tight, requiring a light sweater mornings and evenings, and something short-sleeved midday. Thus set up, pen in hand, for the sake of greater truth, I would turn Portugal into a fiction. That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming the reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? What need did I have to go to Portugal? — Yann Martel

I could feel myself peeking over at him. He was like a seatbelt for my soul. — Kimberly Sabatini

Even the oldest stories are new to somebody ... — Neil Gaiman

Alas! I thought I had only a friendship for you, but the grief I now feel convinces me, that I cannot live without you. — Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

Neuroanatomy, political history, and introspection all offer evidence that human beings are quite capable of resisting the urge to surrender to every impulse of reptilian core of brain. — Carl Sagan

There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money. — Derek Bok

Evaluating people as attractive or not is a basic assessment. You do that automatically whether or not you want to, and it influences you. — Daniel Kahneman

The Kaiser was enough of a man to stand a tough, confidential message--and enough of a woman, presumably, to retreat if it could be made to look glamorous. — Edmund Morris