Minted Single Quotes & Sayings

I used to sing lullabies to voodoo dolls I kept in a chapel. Clearly, I have no place judging you." -Lucus — Kira Saito

I tried piano, acting, and a bunch of things. My family let me do what I wanted to do; they made sure I had balance in my life because I was self-driven. Listen to your kid, encourage them, and make it fun. — Summer Sanders

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe. — Christopher Paolini

Modern humanity does not perceive the world as worth God dying for. We Christians must demonstrate it. — Philip Yancey

If one is talking about a vile thing it is better to talk of it in coarse language; one is less likely to be seduced into excusing it. — G.K. Chesterton

The body often contains emotional truths that words can too easily gloss over. — Esther Perel

I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were having a devil of a time selling it. It ended up in the hands of an editor of a children's publishing house, for which it was entirely inappropriate. She said, "Well, we can't publish this, but I think you should write something for children," which I thought was a really terrible idea. — Daniel Handler

This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable. — Rory Stewart

As Stephen Levine says, "When your fear touches someone's pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion. — Nina Angela McKissock

I used to be surprised and a little annoyed when characters would reappear in my mind, itching to be in another story. Now I realize it's part of the deal, that you create these people out of thin air but then, if you do it right, they actually live. — Peter Orner

Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, but the effect is fleeting: When the music ends, the magic, the uplifting, vanishes and the window slams shut. Words, on the other hand, by the nature of how they work, emotions evoked by dint of carefully laid out thoughts, have a more lingering effect. — Yann Martel

Average working people need more fresh starts. Big corporations, banks, and Donald Trump need fewer. — Robert Reich

Time isn't circular," she said to Dr. Kellet. "It's like a ... palimpsest. — Kate Atkinson

I have no illusions about having another 'Seinfeld' in my life. — Jason Alexander