Majestical Creatures Quotes & Sayings

Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky. — Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Building new connections is a critical part of building a new economy. The American education system, as flawed as it is, is great for the creative class because of the way it mixes up networks. — Danah Boyd

I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that's the last thing I wanted. — Gore Vidal

By God, we will make the fire eat up half of Isreal if it tries to do anything against Iraq. — Saddam Hussein

She was made for ultimate respect. How is she supposed to get that disguised as a teddy bear in a bridal gown?"
"It's not a bridal gown, it's a skirt for her scabbard. And it's cute."
"She hates cute. She wants to maim and scar cute."
"Nobody hates cute."
"Angel swords do." He arches his brow and stares down at me.
I guess I won't tell him how many cutesy angel figurines and pictures we used to have in the World Before. — Susan Ee

How can you be so accepting? How is it that you are not screaming with frustration?"
"I've been spending more time in prayer. I am learning that obedience to God means that you do not put your eyes on your longings, but instead, you simply place one foot ahead of the other into the space that the Lord opens. Tired, wounded, overwhelmed. It does not matter. You merely keep moving where God directs and stop focusing on what you wish you had. It's teaching me patience. — Tessa Afshar

All this silence between us, to protect her, and what has it wrought! How unthinking I was," he cringed as he beat himself up inside. — K. Farrell St. Germain

the greater the gender equity of a country, the smaller the gender gap in the importance of the financial resources of a partner (as well as in the importance of other preferences, like chastity and good looks).36 — Cordelia Fine

The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realize they can't do everything. — Kevin DeYoung

What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it. — Andre Gide

Be praised, O my Lord by Brother Wind, By air and cloud and every clime To whom Thou givest sustenance unto their kind. — Francis Of Assisi

There's a rhythm to the words combined with the pictures [in a comic]. Whenever I'm working on a comic strip I re-read it, probably hundreds of times through to pay attention to how all of those things work. Sometimes even changing the angle of a character's eyebrow can really, seriously alter the effect and overall interpretation of a scene. And the insertion of a pause or a cough or a sniff, and all these things that we do in conversation, can bring it to life in a strange way. — Chris Ware

Life in These United States. Laughter Is the Best Medicine. — Chuck Palahniuk

My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive ... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think. — Noel Gallagher

The language of film is further and further away from the language of theater and is closer to music. It's abstract but still narrative. — Emmanuel Lubezki