Sittser Books Quotes & Sayings

I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie. — Thornton Wilder

every good artist paints what he is — Jackson Pollock

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good. — Walter Savage Landor

Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness. — Christian Nestell Bovee

I think you need to have lived more to truly know a man's heart. You need to have made more transactions in life to know the worth of the coin you spend so freely. — Mark Lawrence

If Sara chooses me, accepts me, he thought, I'm going to propose to her right away. And give her everything I'm capable of giving - every single thing. Before I get lost in a dark forest. Before the bad elves grab me. — Haruki Murakami

Winds shook me apart piecemeal, flung a bone here, a bone there. My eyes became snow, my hair turned to ice; I heard it chime against my shoulders like wind-blown glass. If I spoke, words would fall from me like snow, pour out of me like black wind. — Patricia A. McKillip

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. — Lawrence Lessig

If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical. — Terry Brooks

Feel like the recluse who comes out into the world with a life-saving gospel to find everybody has learned a new language in the meantime and can't understand a word he's saying. — Sylvia Plath

Thank you, Adam," I told him. "Thank you for tearing Tim into small Tim bits. Thank you for forcing me to drink one last cup of fairy bug-juice so I could have use of both of my arms. Thank you for being there, for putting up with me." By that point I wasn't laughing anymore. "Thank you for keeping me from being another of Stefan's sheep - I'll take pack over that any day. Thank you for making the tough calls, for giving me time." I stood up and walked to him, leaning against him and pressing my face against his shoulder.
"Thank you for loving me."
His arms closed around me, pressing flesh painfully hard against bone. Love hurts like that sometimes. — Patricia Briggs

Humanity rose to the stars, but never found paradise. — Mitch Michaelson

It's fun to read things when you don't know all the words. Even children love it ... they come up against weird words, and the weird words excite them. — Salman Rushdie