Matei Visniec Quotes & Sayings

Much of the discussion in this book is about biases of intuition. However, the focus on error does not denigrate human intelligence, any more than the attention to diseases in medical texts denies good health. — Daniel Kahneman

Our tribe unraveled like a coarse rope, frayed at either end as the old and new among us were taken. — Louise Erdrich

There are three things that make me want to drink: difficult times, when I want alcohol to either alleviate the pain or allow me to feel it; clear days that make me want to scribble all over the irritating blue sky; and well, waking up in the morning. — Abigail Thomas

Then these other swordsmen have the true power. Or do they? Whence came their swords? Why do they obey? — George R R Martin

Like many another materialist, that is, he lied cleverly on the basis of insufficient knowledge, because the knowledge supplied seemed to his own particular intelligence inadmissible.
("The Wendigo") — Algernon Blackwood

He was a prince. There was no hope in saying yes to the boy with the garnet eyes who left me reckless and confused at every turn. There was no future with him. None. Darren had duty. To the Crown. Gods only knew Priscilla and Blayne had spent enough time reminding me of that. — Rachel E. Carter

It isn't what happens to you in your life that destroys you. It's what you do about it. — Aimee L. Salter

Maybe magic and love, together, can achieve what magic alone cannot. — Dean Koontz

Negotiate with those who wish to talk - and take action against those who create mischief. — Mamnoon Hussain

Dennis Lewis has a deep understanding of the central importance of breathing, in both its physical and spiritual dimensions — John Welwood

There was never a time when he thought he was fully himself, and besides, he soon forgot that self and settled into a state of mild and extended psychosis... — Ian McEwan