Secret Scrolls Quotes & Sayings

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you. — Ginger Rogers

They went forth to battle, but they always fell;
Their eyes were fixed above the sullen shields;
Nobly they fought and bravely, but not well,
And sank heart-wounded by a subtle spell.
They knew not fear that to the foeman yields,
They were not weak, as one who vainly wields
A futile weapon; yet the sad scrolls tell
How on the hard-fought field they always fell.
It was a secret music that they heard,
A sad sweet plea for pity and for peace;
And that which pierced the heart was but a word,
Though the white breast was red-lipped where the sword
Pressed a fierce cruel kiss, to put surcease
On its hot thirst, but drank a hot increase.
Ah, they by some strange troubling doubt were stirred,
And died for hearing what no foeman heard. — Shaemus O'Sheel

That's your secret," Moon breathed. She had an expression like someone who'd just managed to finally alphabetize a million scrolls exactly right. "An animus. — Tui T. Sutherland

All my books take a long time to research. I spend several months researching before I start writing, and in the middle of writing I often have to stop and look up stuff. At my local library, I am one of the best customers! The research takes several months. — Linda Sue Park

Let us respect even error when it has its source in virtue. — Sophia Lee

The distance is nothing when one has a motive. — Jane Austen

When you love someone, you have to be with them, don't you? To be part of their life, to have them be part of yours.
Glory in Death — J.D. Robb

[on his satisfaction as an artist] In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended. — Michael Haneke

Spend a few hours every week studying American history, human nature, and economic theory. Start with "Economics in One Lesson." Then try Keynes. Then Hayek. Then Marx. Then Hegel. Develop a worldview that you can articulate as well as defend. Test your theory with people who disagree with you. Debate. Argue. Adjust your philosophy as necessary. — Mike Rowe

Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent. — Heinrich Heine

It might sound naive to suggest that whether you order a chicken patty or a veggie burger is a profoundly important decision. Then again, it certainly would have sounded fantastic if in the 1950's you were told that where you sat in a restaurant or on a bus could begin to uproot racism. — Jonathan Safran Foer

He was one of those guys who'd pronounce I'm a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual. — Gillian Flynn

Plans are less important than planning. — Dale McConkey

Tolerance enlarges the circle of our acquaintances. — Elsa Triolet