Metafictive Elements Quotes & Sayings

By genocide we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group. — Raphael Lemkin

It passed, though. That was the bad thing. It always passed. — Sarah Dessen

Right now, the biggest shared value that I can think of is that you should treat others the way you want to be treated, and just have some good sense about what matters to you. — Craig Newmark

The Left is acting like a young child, saying 'I want peace' ... A child says 'I want candy right away,' an adult takes all of the factors into account and understands who he's dealing with. — Ehud Barak

I've been on the road for four years. I won't recognise the place again, until I walk out on stage. — Louise Jameson

On your eyelids crown the god of sleep,
Charming your blood with pleasing heaviness,
Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep
As is the difference betwixt day and night
The hour before the heavenly-harness'd team
Begins his golden progress in the east. — William Shakespeare

Little children gladly accept even the strangest stories that others tell them, because they lack either the context or the confidence to doubt. They go along because they don't know how to be alone, either physically or intellectually. — Orson Scott Card

The amount of poverty and suffering required for the emergence of a Rockefeller, and the amount of depravity that the accumulation of a fortune of such magnitude entails, are left out of the picture, and it is not always possible to make the people in general see this. — Che Guevara

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Wow! I'm more of a badass than I thought. — Rhiannon Frater

Every virtuous act is inspired by a dark secret. — Gregory David Roberts

I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them. — Ralph Abernathy

I'm constantly playing this game in my head where I'm thinking, 'Can this quote be pared down and misinterpreted?' It doesn't matter what outlet I'm talking to and how comprehensive the interview is, because I have to think in terms of, 'Right, but 'People' magazine could just take this one quote and take it out of context.' — Anna Kendrick