Shamya Quotes & Sayings

Fairytales teach children that the world is fraught with danger, including life-threatening danger; but by being clever (always), honest (as a rule, but with common-sense exceptions), courteous (especially to the elderly, no matter their apparent social station), and kind (to anyone in obvious need), even a child can succeed where those who seem more qualified have failed.
And this precisely what children most need to hear.
To let them go on believing that the world is safe, that they will be provided for and achieve worthwhile things even if they remain stupid, shirk integrity, despise courtesy, and act only from self-interest, that they ought to rely on those stronger, smarter, and more able to solve their problems, would be the gravest disservice: to them, and to society as a whole.
-On the Supposed Unsuitability of Fairytales for Children — J. Aleksandr Wootton

She wore her brown hair chin-length and was dressed for — Rod Hoisington

I think I'm right-brained, incapable of managing my way out of a brown paper bag. — Jeremy Grantham

I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment. — Manuel Moroun

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. — Herodotus

Conduct thyself always with the same prudence as though thou went observed by ten eyes and pointed at by ten fingers — Confucius

I think there are a lot of really positive aspects to social media for novelists. Even though our work is pretty solitary, through Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook and Instagram and blogging in general, we're better able to connect directly with readers. — Holly Black

Whatever happens, keep moving and thinking. Countless millions have spent their last moments on Earth paralyzed by confusion. Don't be among them. These words faded out again, but not before leaving their mark on him. And this mark was indelible. He knew now: he was somehow going to have to think his way out of this. — Glynn James

I like all cheese, but my guiltiest pleasure is definitely American cheese. — Wylie Dufresne

Day and night will not cease. Yet, you need not continue viewing them as opposites. There is no longer a need to think that night has the same power as day. There is just the power of light, with variations of intensity and interruption. Once the full scope of understanding is attained, duality fades away. Higher intelligence is manifested through integrated perceptions of wholeness which restore your recognition of the one spirit. The sons of God are those who do not explain life or manage it with dualistic concepts. The sons of God are those who seek to perceive wholeness in all things. — Glenda Green

Violent overthrow of the revolution is revolutionary, and compromise with the revolution is revolutionary. — Douglas Wilson

Really good shoes have to seduce both men and women. — Christian Louboutin