Quillette Quotes & Sayings

New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts. — David Lynch

American liberty is a religion. It is a thing of the spirit. — Wendell Willkie

I like fixing things," he said as he worked. "The world is always breaking, here and there, this way and that. Fix a bit of it, and I feel like I'm helping. — Bruce Coville

Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies. — Leymah Gbowee

In what language does rain fall over tormented cities? — Pablo Neruda

This is true freedom: to be capable of leaving ourselves, crossing the boundaries of our little world to open up the universe. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology in order to challenge it. Better to dispose of the needless assumption altogether. This holds true for everything from Noah's flood to the Holocaust. — Christopher Hitchens

Things are all made from nothing; hence their true source is nothing. — Meister Eckhart

It wasn't like I was some expert on the meaning of being supportive. Was it being loyal even against your better judgement? Or, like Olivia, was it making your displeasure known from the start, even when someone didn't want to hear it? — Sarah Dessen