Mckewen Step Quotes & Sayings

The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing. — Richard Ford

Most English people are horrified that I use soap, but I like it - it works for my skin. I try different soaps all the time, but I use very mild ones. — Marie Helvin

Having lost our present and our future, we had of necessity to bend all our endeavors to the past, which no one could take from us if only we were vigilant enough. — Robert Silverberg

Abundant, cheap electricity has been the greatest source of human liberation in the 20th century. — Ross McKitrick

I always thought I didn't have real childhood memories. That my history fit into a few lines. One one page, maybe. In large print. I don't think that anymore. — Alejandro Zambra

You can't possibly know that you're going to be a writer!" Miss Frost said. "It's not a career choice. — John Irving

Life is hard, honey. Everyone finds a way. — Nicola Yoon

Those eyes of his just look up at me, pupils dilated in the diffused lights of the room. Wide, black pools, seeking out galaxies. — Neal Shusterman

The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe. — Charles Williams

The most evident distinguishing sign is man's organization of his life according primarily to mythic, and only secondarily economic, aims and laws. Food and drink, reproduction and nest-building, it is true, play formidable roles in the lives no less of men than of chimpanzees. But what of the economics of the Pyramids, the cathedrals of the Middle Ages, Hindus starving to death with edible cattle strolling all around them, or the history of Israel, from the time of Saul to right now? — Joseph Campbell

It's fine to be a great democrat when you've a slave to rub your boots on. — Christina Stead

What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish. — James Salter