Sevinor Sheldon Quotes & Sayings

The acceptance to Harvard was more of trophy than a real possibility to me. I would have been miserable. — Reggie Lee

It seems to me that the desire to make art produces an ongoing experience of longing, a restlessness sometimes, but not inevitably, played out romantically, or sexually. Always there seems something ahead, the next poem or story, visible, at least, apprehensible, but unreachable. To perceive it at all is to be haunted by it; some sound, some tone, becomes a torment - the poem embodying that sound seems to exist somewhere already finished. It's like a lighthouse, except that, as one swims towards it, it backs away. — Louise Gluck

We only do harm to ourselves when we harbor resentment and vitriol toward another. I do believe that everything is forgivable; some things are inexcusable but forgivable. — Linda Thompson

Travel books are all sorts - some are autobiographies, some are about falling in love. Some are about having great meals, some are about suffering. There are as many different kinds of travel books as there are novels. People think a travel book is one thing. It's many things. — Paul Theroux

I'll tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most amazing dialogue. — Christopher Walken

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked. — Peter De Vries

There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way. — Agnes Repplier

I never expect anything. I am always amazed at why anybody goes to any movie or why anybody doesn't go to any movie. Any movie you make, you make it because you're hoping somebody wants to see it, but you never know. — Clint Eastwood

If only this toothache would go away, I could write another chapter on the problem of pain. — C.S. Lewis

I don't share your luxury. I believe in karma. I make karma happen. I rain down karma on my enemies."
"We are the progeny of ancient myths, so we attempt to write our own."
"I see the killing fields of the innocents crying out for justice while we hold our ranks."
"You have ventured into deep waters, leaving your wading pool of shallow pragmatism."
"Divine intervention is not without its own pain."
"When all seems lost, don't confuse this with the end, rather this is the beginning."
"Your redemption is at the gate of your conscience. You have been granted the power of a choice."
"What say you, image bearer? Have you come to save us? — Todd D. Boddy

It is the basic, metaphysical fact of man's nature
the connection between his survival and his use of reason
that capitalism recognizes and protects. — Ayn Rand