Shamika Gibbs Quotes & Sayings

Studying the universe engages us in something bigger than ourselves. Science tries to describe, in terms we can only grasp intuitively, things that are beyond our intuition ... all we can hope for is that our physical descriptions, like a song or a good painting, are a faithful evocation of some ineffable truth. — Guy Consolmagno

Life is full of problems, although life was wonderful in Barcelona in those days, and problems were called surprises. — Roberto Bolano

Most photographers would feel a certain embarrassment in admitting publicly that they carried within them a sense of wonder, yet without it they would not produce the work they do, whatever their particular field. — Bill Brandt

For my books of nonfiction I write about subjects I find fascinating. I've been a Yankees and a Lou Gehrig fan for decades, so I wrote 'Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man.' It's more the story of his great courage than of his baseball playing. Children face all sorts of challenges, and it's my hope that some will be inspired by the courage of Lou Gehrig. — David A. Adler

I stared down the slim barrel of a gun, looked into eyes rabid with fear and hatred, and saw my reflection. Pulled the trigger to make it go away.
I heard the echoes of my gunshots, smelled the cordite, and in the smoke, I still saw my reflection and knew I always would. — Dennis Lehane

There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses. — Jonas Mekas

I'm afraid of all kinds of things. I'm afraid of failing at whatever story I'm writing - that it won't come up for me, or that I won't be able to finish it. — Stephen King

Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It's not having no responsibilitie s; it's choosing the ones you want. — Toni Morrison

He smiled, thinking that for just an instant, it was easy to imagine they were still married, both of them on the same team, both of them still in love.
Except, of course, that they weren't. — Nicholas Sparks

No ThunderClan cat will ever harm that warrior. — Erin Hunter

There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's life's his own. — Dalton Trumbo

Avoidance of lunacy is an insufficient agenda.
-George Will on Ronald Reagan, 3-6-1987 — George F. Will

On the elusive gift of blending austerity of craft with elasticity of allure. — Joyce Carol Oates