Shuklam Quotes & Sayings

I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new friends. But I always had my books. — Kirby Larson

Sometimes, it is not the kings and queen who make for the most fascinating history but the shadowy souls who happen to be in the right place at the right time. — Michelle Moran

I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a good idea. One finds that in the history of science, almost every problem has been worked out by someone else. This should not discourage anyone from pursuing his own path. — Theodore Von Karman

The steel suddenly touched her heart. Ah, jealousy, it was jealousy, the cold hand mashing her slowly, squeezing her, diminishing her soul. — Clarice Lispector

You can get there from here, though there's no going home.
Everywhere you go will be somewhere you've never been.
Theories of Time and Space — Natasha Trethewey

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading Russia to play ball. — Henry L. Stimson

The Man Who Ate Everything features a particularly good essay on salt, finding that it's only harmful to around 8% of the world's population. This should be mentioned whenever someone does that annoying health-kick thing of declaring, 'Oh, we never salt our food now.' Consider it revenge for the tasteless gruel they've just made you eat. HESTON — Neil Davey

I was raised on farms by people who didn't have Wal-Mart. They had to make their own sleds, harnesses, clothing, etc. — Gary Paulsen

She can paint herself red and hang on the wall and whistle, I don't care — William Gaddis

If you are in a remote desert island, let your best hope be your own efforts to build a ship instead of waiting for a ship to appear among the fogs! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Go to sleep, he says softly. His hand brushes the lose strands of my hair off my forehead. Unlike the staged kisses and caresses so far, this gesture seems natural and comforting. I don't want him to stop and he doesn't. He's still stroking my hair when I fall asleep. — Suzanne Collins

The Reverend Sydney Smith, though a man of the cloth, caught the spirit of the age by declining to say grace. 'With the ravenous orgasm upon you, it seems impertinent to interpose a religious sentiment,' he explained. 'It is a confusion of purpose to mutter out praises from a mouth that waters. — Bill Bryson

I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say things. — Lydia Davis

I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment. — Gavrilo Princip