Parallam Beams Quotes & Sayings

Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of ten, there would be greater merit in leaving it unwritten. — Agnes Repplier

The lines of fate on my hand, once so bright, faded into echo.
The memory of his face in my dreams, once so luminous passed into shadow. — Farrah Naseem

When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice for all. — Benazir Bhutto

You learn this great lesson of life: it's not about me. It's just not. The matter of talent-which seemed so important to you when you were young-is not of great importance. We're simply a conduit. We take things out of the air into us and put them in the form of stories. That's pretty much it. — Garrison Keillor

I collect dice and I collect coins. I travel the world so I love dice, I always have dice on me. I collect magnets as well. — Kellan Lutz

I was only the more anxious to make Jerusalem a city like the others, where several races and several beliefs could live in peace; but I was wrong to forget that in any combat between fanaticism and common sense the latter has rarely the upper hand. — Marguerite Yourcenar

In my mind, I built stairways. At the end of the stairways, I imagined rooms. These were high, airy places with big windows and a cool breeze moving through. I imagined one room opening brightly onto another room until I'd built a house, a place with hallways and more staircases. I built many houses, one after another, and those gave rise to a city -- a calm, sparkling city near the ocean, a place like Vancouver. I put myself there, and that's where I lived, in the wide-open sky of my mind. I made friends and read books and went running on a footpath in a jewel-green park along the harbour. I ate pancakes drizzled in syrup and took baths and watched sunlight pour through trees. This wasn't longing, and it wasn't insanity. It was relief. It got me through. — Amanda Lindhout

I kind of left everyone behind in Australia - all my friends and my family and I had to break up with my boyfriend. — Margot Robbie

Do I care for her? No. She tried to kill me and I don't especially like what she does with her hair. — Lauren DeStefano

At the very dawn of history, the care of the sick was actually superior to what the great majority of mankind receive today when ill. — Herbert M. Shelton

I love the idea of writing these huge, bombastic characters; I'll stay in the superhero world as long as I can. — Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

We are asleep with compasses in our hands. — W.S. Merwin

It would be a combination of comfort and surprise an audience might appreciate. — Lorrie Moore

The most exciting place to discover talent is in yourself. — Ashleigh Brilliant