Semiosis Book Quotes & Sayings

I am only able to be honest. And sometimes my view of the world is pretty dark. But still funny. — Rachel Zucker

Don't you? if you keep them from the magic, they will never know what their lives could be.'
They will remain protected,' Asha insists.
No, 'I say. 'Only untested. — Libba Bray

We derive insightful perception by observing and studying, comparing and contrasting. Without investigating why we prefer the veil of life to the cloak of death and without considering how to create dangerously, live honorably, and die gloriously without remorse and regret, we risk dissipating what precious little shelf life our brittle humanity grants us. — Kilroy J. Oldster

The trees, the stones and the earth had taken him inside themselves, but in their shape it was possible still to discern something of the man he had once been. — Susanna Clarke

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits. — Twyla Tharp

[Duration is] the form which the succession of our conscious states assumes when our ego lets itself live, when it refrains from separating its present state from its former state. — Henri Bergson

I can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" . — John Boyne

I'm not as good a writer as I'd like to be; therefore, I like to use images to tell stories. — Tibor Kalman

When I turned 15 years old, I decided to press the issue a little further. I knew fuckin well that my daddy wasn't dead, because never in my life growing up did I ever see my mother crying for this man. I never saw her in mourning or anything. I never saw a picture of him hanging up around the house. — Diamond Johnson

Man up before I beat you with my peace prize!"
-Switzerland — Himaruya Hidekaz

Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films and was the family comedy king through the '80s and '90s - 'Mrs. Doubtfire,' 'Home Alone,' etc. - has acquired rights to 'The Cypress House' and is working on the script himself, with intent to direct. — Michael Koryta

I've had just one goal. I wanted to get to the 22nd floor before anyone else ... so I could buy a certain player house, a log cabin deep in a thick forest. — Reki Kawahara

The storyteller is one who comes bearing a great and lasting gift. — Edward Eggleston

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose. — Tony Blair

With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent society, with relentless single-minded energy, is turning our cities, most of suburbia and most of our roadways into the most affluent slum on earth. — Eric Sevareid