Richard Seddon Quotes & Sayings

Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations. — Niccolo Machiavelli

When my head is in the typewriter the last thing on my mind is some imaginary reader. I don't have an audience; I have a set of standards. But when I think of my work out in the world, written and published, I like to imagine it's being read by some stranger somewhere who doesn't have anyone around him to talk to about books and writing - maybe a would-be writer, maybe a little lonely, who depends on a certain kind of writing to make him feel more comfortable in the world. — Don DeLillo

When they arrived in full, the noise of their feet throbbed on top of the road. Their eyes were enormous in their starving skulls. And the dirt. The dirt was molded to them ...
Their feet could barely rise above the ground ...
Stars of David were plastered on their shirts, and misery was attached to them as if assigned. "Don't forget your misery ... "
At their side, the soldiers also made their way pat, ordering them to hurry up and stop moaning. Some of the those soldiers were only boys. They had the Fuhrer in their eyes. — Markus Zusak

It is in our hearts that evil lies, and it is from our hearts that it must be plucked out. — Bertrand Russell

I think empathy is a guy who punches you in the face at a bus station, and you're somehow able to look at that him and know enough about what situation he was in to know that he had to do that and not to hit back. That's empathy, and nothing ever happens in writing that has that kind of moral heroism about it. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

So you think that the coco- mark well what I say, Hastings, the coco- contained strychnine?"
"Of course! That salt on the tray, what else could it have been?"
"It might have been salt." replied Poirot placidly. — Agatha Christie

Sharing our experience with someone who loves and supports us helps us feel less isolated and alone with our shame. Because the whole point of shame is to shun and exclude us, reconncecting with loving friends combats shame and keeps our foibles in perspective. Reconnecting with people who love us reminds us of our worth and value. — Wendy Ulrich

When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in their words, in the situations which they suggest to him. — Luigi Pirandello

Jynx, as usual, had chosen something from the Sarcasm Collection and was wearing a shirt that read, "I Respect Your Right to be an Idiot, Now Stop Talking. — Skye Knizley

We must remember that a right lost to one is lost to all. — W. Reece Smith Jr.

The good thing about being old is not being young. — Stephen Richards

The gossamer web of life, spun on the loom of sunlight from the breath of an infant Earth, is nature's crowning achievement on this planet. — Preston Cloud

God sees hearts as we see faces. — George Herbert