Mickelangelos Quotes & Sayings

If not violently overthrown, expectation can have a power in itself, can invest a place with what literally isn't there. — Siri Hustvedt

Why does February feel like one big Tuesday? — Todd Stocker

If I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary's love — Amy Carmichael

the optimal number of connectives depends on the expertise of the reader.14 Readers who are familiar with the subject matter will already know a lot about what is similar to what else, what causes what else, and what tends to accompany what else, and they don't need to have these connections spelled out in so many words. They may even get confused if the writer spells out the obvious ones: — Steven Pinker

Grandpa's mind had left us, gone wild and wary. When I walked with him I could feel how strange it was. His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own words like baits and lures. — Louise Erdrich

Either conquer the night, or become one of its conquests. — Abigail Biddinger

the confidence people express often reflects their personalities rather than their knowledge, memory, or abilities. — Christopher Chabris

The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a standstill. — Robert Anton Wilson