Plotless Narrative Quotes & Sayings

Many writers are radical. I am not, because of my age and because of my terrible fear of demagogy. — Heinrich Boll

[The] weakness of biological balance studies has aptly been illustrated by comparison with the working of a slot machine. A penny brings forth one package of chewing gum; two pennies bring forth two. Interpreted according to the reasoning of balance physiology, the first observation is an indication of the conversion of copper into gum; the second constitutes proof. — Rudolph Schoenheimer

What draws men and women together is stronger than the brutality and tyranny which drive them apart. — Millicent Fawcett

You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God to correct your faults is not easy. Be patient with people, wait for God to work with them as He wills. — Francois Fenelon

If you don't know, it's not always necessary to admit it. — Malcolm Forbes

quitting, gives you even more time to ponder. But perhaps I wanted time to stop. Maybe I was meant to lie here on my back in the desert to question why I was running through an oven. Why was I subjecting myself to this torture? I started running for reasons I had — Scott Jurek

He can't get broke so long as he is stuffed with money. — L. Frank Baum

I will feast on enemies of Ra until my belly is full!"
"Charming," Sadie whispered. — Rick Riordan

The problem is, no matter how far or fast you drive, you can't leave yourself behind. And if you can't feel at home in your own head, where can you? — Melissa Marr

I'm not the kind of person that can do the same thing over and over and over, so that's why touring, playing in a different venue every night, in front of a different audience, is so rewarding, you know, because it always feels fresh. — Jake Shimabukuro

The narcissist devours people, consumes their output, and casts the empty, writhing shells aside. — Sam Vaknin

All their teeth are yellow. No tooth-brush ever entered that convent. Brushing one's teeth is at the top of a ladder at whose bottom is the loss of one's soul. — Victor Hugo