Minilector Quotes & Sayings

When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an oppressive situation, silence is death. — Chenjerai Hove

If you love animals, please don't eat them. — Esha Gupta

From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought to avoid armed conflict and not yield to despair in the search for universal peace. The nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea, and terrorists can only be overcome through international cooperation. We call upon Congressional leaders and those worldwide to join together to ensure the fulfillment of these long-overdue initiatives and the achievement of a safer future without nuclear weapons. — David Saperstein

Whatever your sexual orientation, whatever your ethnicity, whatever your age or personal experience, it is my hope you will find a hero somewhere here you can relate to, that speaks to the world as you see it. Even better: there is a good chance you will find some heroes who are deeply, fundamentally different from yourself. I don't have much patience with readers who yearn to explore incredible worlds and mind-bending situations but grow cold at the idea of imagining their way into different political ideas, different faiths, a different gender, a different skin, a different life. — Joe Hill

Overcome the devils with a thing called love. — Bob Marley

Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it. — Mariella Frostrup

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. — Mark Twain

Stupid people and their stupid people ways! — Stephan Pastis

Forgiveness does not mean condoning or agreeing with a horrendous act. It is a decision to no longer attack one's self. — Gerald G. Jampolsky

All these details took but a moment to apprehend yet the impression made upon Mr. Segundus by the two ladies was unusually vivid --almost supernaturally so-- like images in a delirium. A queer shock thrilled through his whole being his senses were overwhelmed and he fainted away. — Susanna Clarke

We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on others. Why is that? — Richelle E. Goodrich