Santschiella Quotes & Sayings

What you believe or come to accept has infinite effects upon your thoughts. — Steven Redhead

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so. — Josh Billings

You talk with your feet. — A.M. Homes

Clearly, we have entered a world very different from the world of modernity as previously described. The subject/object distinction has broken down. In this world, foundationalism is a washout;49 the old distinction between fact and opinion is disappearing from view. The quest for certainty, precision, and ahistorical knowledge of objective truth is judged impossible. "Truth" is not an objective entity; the classic dikes between fact and opinion are springing leaks. Of course, not all the tenets of modernity have been sacrificed. Irrationally, philosophical naturalism (for most advocates of this radical hermeneutics), still holds sway; moreover, I must still say something about the place of science in this new model. But some variation of what once held the status of a minority report advanced only by a few intellectuals is now adopted almost everywhere. — D. A. Carson

he was coming while in the elementary school classroom, — Haruki Murakami

Then he was stepping back, away, letting distance flood between us again. His voice was low, rough. "Give 'em hell, darlin'."
"And for the love of God, bitch, don't get stabbed this time!" Vida added. — Alexandra Bracken

Here's some news that will raise the hackles of many a serious artiste: People do judge books by their covers. You may not want to hear that, but it's true. You may have the most awesome story ever told, and it might deserve to kick Hemingway and Steinbeck in the nuts and run off with their girlfriends, but nobody will ever read it if you have a terrible cover. — Sean Platt

He was the real hero in my world and I treasured him. And he loved me. Loved spending time with me. — Cary Elwes

Everything, everybody wanted to lay claim to a piece of your soul. And if they couldn't have it, they made you pay for it in guilt. — Charles De Lint

I would not wish to deny you your dreams. But have a care. They can be dashed in one impulsive moment. — Mary Balogh

Rowen Sterling: Putting the wise back in wiseass. I think I've found a kindred spirit. — Nicole Williams

No trilogy should have more than four books. — Arthur C. Clarke

It is time we gave man faith in woman
and, still more, woman faith in herself. — Lucy Stone

I believe in the baby Jesus, and I believe he is handsome and lives in the sky with his pet cow. I believe that it is essential the cow like you, and if you pet the cow with your mind, it will lick your hand and give you cash. But if you make the cow angry, it will turn away from you, forget you exist, and your life will fall into shambles. I believe that as long as the cow likes you, you can get what you want. In order to keep the cow's favor, you need to 'let go and let God,' meaning you can't obsess about controlling every little thing. You have to let things unfold naturally, and not try to change things you cannot change. On the other hand, I believe that if you've made the cow happy by living this way, you're allowed to ask for favors... — Augusten Burroughs

A man is friend of himself. — Rakesh Wadhwani