Nancy Silverton Quotes & Sayings

The primary subject of fiction is and has always been human emotion, values, and beliefs. — John Gardner

Crash, from the Russian krashenina Noun: a rough fabric sometimes used to strengthen the spine of a book — Blue Balliett

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes. — Lillian Hellman

Live in peace with all mankind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Everybody knows everything about all the teams now. — Roger Milla

Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of change ... we are in collision with tomorrow. — Alvin Toffler

Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us. — Douglas Kennedy

beaver drools in my underwear. — Helena Hunting

We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves. — Marianne Williamson

Silence is the language of faith. Action--be it church or charity, politics or poetry--is the translation. — Christian Wiman

Be honest about your weaknesses and ask God to help you overcome them so you can serve Christ more effectively. — Billy Graham

As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind in general depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence. — Ansel Adams

I think he became a man who brought peace and wisdom to hi world, because he knew about war and folly. I think that he loved greatly, because he had seen what lost love is. And I think he came to know, too, that he was loved greatly." She looked at the strawberry in her hands. "But I thought you didn't want me to tell you your future. — Gary D. Schmidt

Novels and stories are renderings of life; they cannot only keep us company, but admonish us, point us in new directions, or give us the courage to stay a given course. They can offer us kinsmen, kinswomen, comrades, advisors - offer us other eyes through which we might see ... Every ... student ... will all too quickly be beyond schooling, will be out there making a living and, too, just plain living - that is, trying to find and offer to others the affection and love that give purpose to our time spent here ... [Characters] can be cautionary figures ... who give us pause and help us in the private moments when we try to find our own bearings — Robert Coles

Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere. — Elie Wiesel