Pagnes Bazin Quotes & Sayings

Because I sensed in him the magic of a poet, a storyteller who can bind you with tales of things that had never been and could never be. And I felt myself so bound. Pulled under. At a loss for breath in his presence, just as I once was in a river, clinging to life. — Stephanie Dray

I'm writing a book on magic", I explain, and I'm asked, "Real magic?" By real magic people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts, and supernatural powers. "No", I answer: "Conjuring tricks, not real magic". Real magic, in other words, refers to the magic that is not real, while the magic that is real, that can actually be done, is not real magic. — Lee Siegel

Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you. — Jodi Picoult

In our lives, when we do not create something out of total honesty, it cannot last long. — Henry Chang

We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman. — John Singleton

When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled. — Amelie Mauresmo

I saw 'Fargo,' not when it came out, but probably a few years later, and went through multiple viewings - I'm sure my tape has been worn out. — Allison Tolman

And there but for the grace of God go I, — Anonymous

It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Time moves in the Amish community without leaving much of a mark. Gray hair grows on some, wrinkles crawl across the faces of others, but the buildings stay mostly the same. — Michelle Eastwood

Even mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them completely. And it was pretty hard to ignore someone who made your blood boil. — Scott Westerfeld

Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago — Siegbert Tarrasch

Once my mother had asked me, "Is it better to burn to death or freeze to death?" and the right answer was freeze because at the very end there was a trick that made you think you were warm. — Jenny Offill

It is not true that were the Soviet Union to disappear the remaining states could easily live in peace. — Kenneth Waltz