Run Tun Quotes & Sayings

I'm interested in how we define things by how we choose to observe them, and how everywhere in our lives, and in every moment we experience, there are forces at work that we don't fully understand. Couple this curiosity with a love of portraiture painting, and that's how this project was born. — Oliver Jeffers

His father had been his sole supporter, telling him to live for his love for Dora, in precise opposition to his uncle's silent opprobrium. Dora was relegated to invisible duties deep within the kitchen. Gaspar lived equally invisibly in the Lobo household, invisibly loved by his father, who invisibly loved his mother. — Yann Martel

No matter what level of success, there is no such thing as a secure writer — Michael Lennick

But, for myself, the Earth's records had taught me to look for widest ruin as the price of highest civilization. — Edgar Allan Poe

I made my personal discovery of Emily Carr while visiting Victoria in 1981 to write a travel article. Immediately, her strong colors attracted me; her spunk fascinated me. Her down-to-earth voice in her writing appealed to me as authentic and original. — Susan Vreeland

An' writin' even goes on sayin' a man's wurds after he's deid! Ye cannae tell me that's right! — Terry Pratchett

It's hard not
to jump out
instead of
waiting to be
found. It's
hard to be
alone so long
and then hear
someone come
around. It's
like some form
of skin's developed
in the air
that, rather
than have torn,
you tear.
Hide and Seek — Kay Ryan

As grandma said, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all — A. J. Jacobs

The gasping-fish look is a good one for you, — Sarah J. Maas

It's all a sham: I have seen, and I know firsthand, indeed from my own pen, how the organized Right has sabotaged not only journalism but also democracy and truth. — David Brock