Sothatshowyoudothat Quotes & Sayings

Catherine was clever, but even a clever woman misses some of the strange corridors in a man. — John Steinbeck

The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters might be up to. And it's fun for readers to spot a familiar face, or pick up on a made-up book title or something from an earlier story. I don't know that it does
or even should
contribute to the story in hand being any better than it would have been without it. — Charles De Lint

The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

I've made a commitment to concentrate on my career as an entertainer. — Dorothy Hamill

When you open your mouth, listeners are offended. When you close your mouth, the expectant are offended. If a person seeks misdoing from you they will find it regardless of whether or not you deliver. — Richelle E. Goodrich

It's hard to find evil in this world,' said the Witch. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow. — Gregory Maguire

No more nightmares about the Fishers?"
"Last night," Tanzie said, "I dreamed about a cabbage that could roller-skate. It was called Kevin."
Mum gave her a long look. "Right. — Jojo Moyes

Was a deep melancholic disillusionment growing out of what John Roebling thought he saw happening to the country since the war. The great dynamic of America, he had always said, was that every man had the opportunity to better himself, to fulfill himself. Now the great dynamic seemed more like common greed. — David McCullough

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle. — Anna Quindlen

If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate, just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice. — Madonna Ciccone

Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man. — Homer

When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both. — Nelson Mandela

Live life fully in the present & enjoy the small things in life that give you joy, for the seemingly small & insignificant moments add up to a greater whole. — Orchid Ch'ng

Homes should be an anchor, a safe harbor, a place of refuge, a place where families dwell together, a place where children are loved. In the home, parents should teach their children the great lessons of life. Home should be the center of one's earthly experience, where love and mutual respect are appropriately blended. — L. Tom Perry

The Night's Watch permitted the forest to come no closer than half a mile of the north face of the Wall. The thickets of ironwood and sentinel and oak that had once grown there had been harvested centuries ago, to create a broad swath of open ground through which no enemy could hope to pass unseen. — George R R Martin