Palimpsestic Literature Quotes & Sayings

Really, weren't these facts just placeholders until the long view could really assert itself? — David Levithan

Failure I can accept, what I can not accept is not trying — Michael Jordan

Let man keep his many parts and you'll have no tyrant states. — Ralph Ellison

If you want to love your life more, you can begin by living and loving more of it - by zestfully living and loving every teeny-tiny, gorgeously-detailed minutiae moment! — Karen Salmansohn

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men. — Edvard Munch

The 'bath' was almost the size of a small swimming pool, the steam curling off it pure, sensual temptation. A shower stood to her right, but it had no glass walls, the area defined only by an expanse of gold-flecked tile. A lightbulb went off in her head. 'Wings,' she whispered. 'It's all to accommodate those beautiful wings. — Nalini Singh

I met Magnus Lidehall about two years ago, and the beat that I originally wrote 'Younger' on was one of the first ones that he sent me. I must have been around 21 at that time, feeling a bit lazy and disappointed with myself and my life. — Seinabo Sey

Never turn your back on the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe ... unless you want a bucket of water thrown on your head. — Wendy Mass

There are some words I find impossibly difficult ... 'Love,' 'feeling' and especially 'happiness' are at the head of the list. This is not because I haven't experienced any of them but because whenever I think about using the words I don't really know what anyone means by them. I'd find it easier to sit down and write a book about each (coming, obviously, to no conclusion) than to use them casually in speech or writing. — Jenny Diski

There are many more kind people than not-so-kind people, said Mma Ramotswe. — Alexander McCall Smith