Schlaifers Quotes & Sayings

Amel slashes at the consonants so that they hop about like naughty children caught inside the sentence. — Fredrik Backman

Once, as a teenager, I had believed that people could change themselves. Finally I realized that all one could ever hope was understanding one's filthy self better. — Arthur Nersesian

I can't believe in the impossible," he whispered as though trying to convince himself against what he had just witnessed. "A man can't be big and small at once. He can't be a freak and a hero."
The cat glared. "Do you believe in justice?"
The Chronicler hesitated. Then, only once, he nodded.
"Do you believe in mercy?" pressed the cat.
"Yes."
"Ha!" Eanrin lashed his tail again. "What an impossible contradiction. Ha! — Anne Elisabeth Stengl

He way up is through service,Sacrificial service - it is better to serve than to be served — Ikechukwu Joseph

I'd like to get out of here without having to talk to the producer. — Judith Rossner

Life. In all it's mundane majesty. — J.R. Ward

Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it. — Brene Brown

Change biology, and you could change society--but could you change society on its own? Were we as a species simply condemned to permanent misery, all because of how we have evolved?

This was the conundrum that the Oankali books had posed to her, and the Parables had been intended (but failed) to solve: How do you create a more sustainable, more benign, more livable society when you're stuck working with human beings? — Gerry Canavan

What do I taste like?"
"Well, like honey and cream and ... I dunno, bread?"
I scrunched up my nose. "Bread?"
"Yes. Sexy bread that I could eat all the time because you are so delicious and full of wholegrain goodness. — Kylie Scott