Olivers Story Quotes & Sayings

The complete reverse was so often the case that he had come to think of it as a kind of natural law. — Terry Pratchett

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too. — Andrej Pejic

Only in the irrational and unknown direction can we come to wisdom again — Jack Parsons

I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation. — Simon Callow

For we are like olives: only when we are crushed do we yield what is best in us. After — Bohumil Hrabal

Realizing that many you once thought the world of are nothing but glorified assholes means you've grown up. — Crystal Woods

Great victories are always preceded by great tests. — Matshona Dhliwayo

No work of literature is the product of only one or two conscious ideas. A story is mysteriously dense of meaning. — Carol Bly

'The Cardturner,' while it has bridge in it, you certainly don't need to know how to play bridge to read it. It's basically a book about relationships - between Alton and his great-uncle, and Alton and his friends, and how it changes his life. — Louis Sachar