Sinforoso Padilla Quotes & Sayings

When Jennifer Roberson and Kate Elliott and I were noodling up 'The Golden Key,' we had pages upon pages upon pages of notes about everything to do with our little universe. Much of this material was used; the rest was there if we needed it. But it all had to be consistent within itself and adhere to its own logic. — Melanie Rawn

Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship. — Laura Riding

As he watched her sleep he had often been near-choked with joy; — Eleanor Catton

Desperate men do desperate things when you take hope away. And that's where the Palestinians are today. — Chuck Hagel

So I pulled back from everything and everyone I'd known ... I realized I'd been changing even before we started moving,that my reinvention began when I was still in the most familiar of places. Once the setting was totally new,though, I finally could be,as well. — Sarah Dessen

Caring is a reflex. Someone slips, your arm goes out. A car is in the ditch, you join others and push ... You live, you help. — Ram Dass

Tex shrink-wrapped a dealer's BMW. Wrapped the whole
thing in plastic wrap and then used a portable blow drier on it
to tighten the plastic. Word
has it, it was several layers deep. — Kristen Ashley