Petter Morck Quotes & Sayings

There were no rules when it came to writing, he said. Take a close look at the lives of poets and novelists, and what you wound up with was unalloyed chaos, an infinite jumble of exceptions. That was because writing was a disease, Tom continued, what you might call an infection or influenza of the spirit, and therefore it could strike anyone at any time. The young and the old, the strong and the weak, the drunk and the sober, the sane and the insane. Scan the roster of the giants and semi-giants, and you would discover writers who embraced every sexual proclivity, every political bent, and every human attribute - from the loftiest idealism to the most insidious corruption. They were criminals and lawyers, spies and doctors, soldiers and spinsters, travelers and shut-ins. — Paul Auster

If you can cultivate wholesome mental states prior to sleep and allow them to continue right into sleep without getting distracted, then sleep itself becomes wholesome. — Dalai Lama

Grudges fade quickly when you're faced with losing the ones you love. — Natalia Sylvester

I'm a karmic girl; I believe in karma. — Alysia Reiner

There is a kind of gospel being proclaimed today which conveniently accommodates itself to the spirit of the age, and makes no demand for godliness. — Duncan Campbell

Like an actor who transforms into the character that they're playing, you can transform into yourself. — Leeza Gibbons

When I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.' — Janeane Garofalo

He really was beautiful. I know boys aren't supposed to be, but he was. — John Green

The end was always curled up there between us, like a sleeping cat, present even in our love-making. — Barbara Kingsolver

You just want mixed blood because you took one look at a certain woman and all brain matter went dead, Fen accused.
Zev didn't open his eyes or stop feeding. She did make an impression. — Christine Feehan

I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end. There are always better substitutes, though they may sometimes be a little less direct. — Isaac Asimov

He who has not been a stubborn accuser in prosperity should hold his peace in the face of ruin. — Victor Hugo