Rokade Schaken Quotes & Sayings

Rule #1; Don't care to much. Rule #2; Shut up! — John Green

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows. — Mason Cooley

What miracle is this? This giant tree.
It stands ten thousand feet high
But doesn't reach the ground. Still it stands.
Its roots must hold the sky. — Mark Z. Danielewski

And of all its money-making rip-offs, the selling of indulgences must surely rank among the greatest con tricks in history, the medieval equivalent of the Nigerian Internet scam but far more successful. — Richard Dawkins

We ought to love one another — Lailah Gifty Akita

Success is not determined by the amount of accomplishments, but by the road traveled & how you handled the recovery of each failed attempt. — Behdad Sami

Write down each day what surprised you and how you surprised others. When something strikes a spark of interest, follow it. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The intense media coverage of today's campus shootings presents a double edged sword. On the one hand, it gives us a chance to think about and reflect on the causes; on the other hand, in a very small minority of unstable minds, the repeated telling of the stories can be interpreted as glamorous. — Matthew Pearl

All I want is to be more famous than anything or anyone. — Patsy Kensit

The killers are the people who are ruining the world to line their pockets, poisoning us, burying us under garbage! — John Brunner

He had probably made a mistake by requesting that Annabel read to them, but his intention was to behave as usual. Or, at least that was one intention. He also wanted to keep her as near to him as he could. He could see she was rattled, even more than he expected, and he hoped to be a calming influence on her. — Melanie Dickerson

Ezra, you're being ridiculous. I'm over it. That's what girls do; they get angry, and then they get over it. Haven't you ever been friends with a girl before? — Robyn Schneider

My ideal state as a reader when I'm reading other people is feeling I'm vaguely wasting my time when I'm not reading that novel. — Ian McEwan