Selirqq Quotes & Sayings

Don't be offended if you encounter some good-natured ribbing; the idea of
writing a novel in a month deserves to be laughed at. — Chris Baty

I taught public school for 26 years, but I just can't do it anymore. For years I asked the school board to let me teach a curriculum that doesn't hurt kids, but they always had other fish to fry. If you hear of a job where I don't have to hurt kids to make a living, let me know. The truth is that schools don't really teach anything, but blind obedience. — John Taylor Gatto

Good or bad, we need change. Need the different. Our brains aren't wired for the same-old. — Vanessa Garden

Not asserted, therefore known, Not boasted of, therefore of worth, Not contentious, so enduring. It's because the wise do not contend, That no one can contend with them. — Lao-Tzu

[Emily] Dickinson, our supreme poet of inwardness. — Joyce Carol Oates

With 'Downton Abbey,' you're always stuck in one stately home. — Kit Harington

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. — Jeane Kirkpatrick

God, Lay. Do you know what I would do, if you could give me another chance at this? — T. Torrest