Nachalo Quotes & Sayings

Cleveland, city of light! City of magic! — Randy Newman

I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending upon the breaks. — Stanley Kubrick

If you are looking for a happy book about beautiful people, this is the wrong story. If you are looking for a narrative without emotion, without regrets, and without mistakes, this is definitely the wrong story. — R.K. Ryals

Even dirty water has a bath — R.W. Erskine

There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules. — Wang Jianlin

You see, to find the brightest wisdom one must pass through the darkest zones. And through the darkest zones there can be no guide.
No guide, that is, but courage — Adam Gidwitz

I often find myself in situations where it seems to me like everyone else has read the instruction book — Jeff Lindsay

The past could always be annihilated. Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. But the future was inevitable. — Oscar Wilde

No man goes out upon a novel expedition without misgivings.

The Secret Places of The Heart (Kindle Loc 245) — H.G.Wells

When I met him, he hadn't eaten for days, and lived in a rathole. But his rifle was clean and he had lots of ammunition. Whenever he heard shooting he ran towards it. If it was workers shooting at priests, state officials, capitalists, or cops, he'd empty his rifle as fast as he could fill it. But if two groups of workers ever shot at each other, he'd risk his life by standing between them and shouting, "When workers kill each other, there is no more reason to live! Kill me from both sides."
-- Luisa Nachalo — Sophia Nachalo

Our Christian witness is authentic when it is faithful and unconditional. — Pope Francis

If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies. — Gustav Mahler

In writing novels, you have to believe in yourself or there would be no way to sustain it. But you also have to give good evidence regularly for having that faith in self-either with quality goods or with, at least, "good efforts." Working hard will do when inspiration is not forthcoming. — Rachel Kushner

A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. — Albert Einstein

...those days were the only time in my life when I knew why I was in the world. It was the only time I knew what part I was playing in the creation of our common world... — Sophia Nachalo

A bead of liquid appears at her hairline and slides down her face. When it hits her cheek, I can't tell if the drop is from the beer or from her eyes. My hand moves, the need to touch her more powerful than thought. Before I know what I'm doing, I wipe away the wetness. — Katie McGarry