Saddington Reservoir Quotes & Sayings

Short fiction seems more targeted - hand grenades of ideas, if you will. When they work, they hit, they explode, and you never forget them. Long fiction feels more like atmosphere: it's a lot smokier and less defined. — Paolo Bacigalupi

For the past few years my fans have made it very clear that they would like to read my novels and revisit my family of characters faster than I can write them. For them, I am willing to make a change to my working methods so the stories in my head can reach the page more frequently. — Wilbur Smith

Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.
(Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2003) — Edward W. Said

Depression ... so mysteriously painful and elusive ... — William Styron

Do not give your heart to that which does not satisfy your heart. — Poemen

That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there."
"Which one is me?" I asked.
"The little deformed one," Zoe suggested.
"Oh, shut up. — Rick Riordan

If God exists, how can we lay claim to freedom, since He is its beginning and its end? — Elie Wiesel

Too often there is this sinister greed that pulls at my coattails, subtly whispering in the ear of my soul that it is within my rights to tuck away a few dark trinkets to toy with when the tedium of righteous living gets a bit boring. But God would suggest that I empty my pockets. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness — Dalai Lama XIV

You heard me. Go away.
But ... where should I go?
To hell or home, as you prefer. — George R R Martin

It is strange how the dead leap out on us at street corners, or in dreams — Virginia Woolf