Okanes Quotes & Sayings

I'm really interested in the extraordinary found in the normal. Hopefully, my books don't take you to an entirely different place but make you look at things around you. — Mark Haddon

The dark stone in my heart pulsed quietly, igniting like a coal in a hearth. Who is in my heart? I wondered. — Patti Smith

Writers and artists know that ethereal moment, when just one, fleeting something
a chill, an echo, the click of a lamp, a question - -ignites the flame of an entire work that blazes suddenly into consciousness. — Nadine C. Keels

It's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy. — Margaret Deland

Justice of the world is in its creativity, in solving problems, in our activity and struggle. While I am alive there is the possibility to act, to strive for happiness, this is justice. — Simon Soloveychik

The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded. — Pam Ferris

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind. — D.H. Lawrence

To be free, the workers must have choice. To have choice they must retain in their own hands the right to determine under what conditions they will work. — Samuel Gompers

At least at times of loss, we are reminded of our priorities, of our many blessings. In times of gain, we can so often lose our way. — Mindy Starns Clark

Human nature was such that individuals could respond to reason, to the call of justice, and even to the love perfection of the religious spirit, but nations, corporations, labor unions, and other large social groups would always be selfish. — Taylor Branch

The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is. — James Dyson

On the whole I feel that life has treated me rather well, but I sometimes wonder how well have I treated life. — Lawrence Fagg