Reicks Building Quotes & Sayings

Scientology is a model control system, a state in fact with its own courts, police, rewards and penalties. — William S. Burroughs

I want him." I had not said that to Jamie at our marriage; I had not wanted him, then. But I had said it since, three times; in two moments of choice at Craigh na Dun, and once again at Lallybroch.
"I want him." I wanted him still, and nothing whatever could stand between us. — Diana Gabaldon

Any form of art can only develop by means of single mutations by individual creators. If only traditional conventions are used an art will die, and the widening of an art form is bound to seem strange at first, and awkward. Any growing thing must go through awkward stages. The creator who is misunderstood because of his breach of convention may say to himself, 'I seem strange to you, but anyway I am alive. — Carson McCullers

God help me if I should ever lose my looks."
"I wouldn't mind."
He gave her a quizzical smile. "What?"
"If..." Evie paused, suddenly embarrassed. "If anything happened to your looks... if you became... less handsome. Your appearance wouldn't matter to me.I would still..." She paused and finished hesitantly, "...want you as my husband."
Sebastian's smile faded slowly. He gave her a long, intent stare, her wrist still clasped in his hand. Something strange crossed his expression... an undefinable emotion wrought of heat and vulnerability. When he answered, his voice was strained from the effort to sound cavalier. "Without a doubt, you're the first one who's ever said that to me. — Lisa Kleypas

What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own. — John Mortimer

The important thing
is to pull yourself up by your own hair
to turn yourself inside out
and see the whole world with fresh eyes. — Peter Weiss

You know, it's a sad and unfortunate state of affairs that you have to live in a world where eight-year-olds refuse to believe in anything that they cannot touch or measure, and anyone who happens to see a thing that is invisible to most people is immediately branded a lunatic. — Caitlin R. Kiernan

You must get your living by loving, or at least half your life is a failure. — Henry David Thoreau

I was about one drink away from my limit,
In came a black dress with a black body in it,
She looked so timid, it took me a minute
To get her in focus — Aceyalone