Obstructs Deliberately Quotes & Sayings

You imagine a reader and try to keep the reader interested. That's storytelling. You also hope to reward the reader with a sense of a completed design, that somebody is in charge, and that while life is pointless, the book isn't pointless. The author knows where he is going. That's form. — John Updike

Unlike other dictators, Stalin and his satraps never made the mistake of believing themselves beloved
on the contrary they saw plots under every stone. — Anna Reid

He did have his beliefs, chiefly in his own genius. — T. J. Stiles

The truth is, I'd give it all up, the sentience, the endowments, and I'd go back to Scranton and work in that damned store and stock fucking Pez dispensers for the rest of my life if it meant that I could still be with you until I die. — Jennifer DeLucy

He accepted the monster that grew inside me. Now I regret that I lost my soul; I should have told him the truth. — Joanna Mazurkiewicz

Realize that change - whilst we want it to happen fast - is usually the result of a great deal of work, and often comes as a result of a series of compromises (so long as we do not compromise our values). — Jane Goodall

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past like a stampede. — Terry Pratchett

I was always told that music isn't a 'realistic' path to take, and like a normal human being, I doubted myself over and over because I was afraid of failure. — Alessia Cara

Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes. — Aidan Chambers