Stanjiti Quotes & Sayings

The plot is not very important to me, though a novel must have one, of course. It's just a line to hang the washing on. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

Then maybe you can help me out with something. I need an armaments shop. I want to buy a sword. A really good one." Jace looked surprised, then amused. "What for?" "Oh, you know. Killing." Clary made a hand gesture she hoped conveyed her murderous intentions toward all things evil. — Cassandra Clare

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue. — Alfred North Whitehead

My ego doesn't need soothing. I don't want him soothing anything of mine, including you. — Ilona Andrews

Since you have a choice between life and death, why not choose life and live. — Carolyn Wells

It was no accident that the beau ideal of his (John Adams') political philosophy was balance, since he projected onto the world the conflicting passions he felt inside himself and regarded government as the balancing mechanism that prevented those factions and furies from spending out of control. — Joseph J. Ellis

I hope you never hate anything longer than you need to. — Iain S. Thomas

They say when you look in dark places you find dark things.
And trust me; I have been in some very dark places. — Sean Catt

Your wife has deserted you, but you'll find a new one; whereas, soon my wits will desert me, and for this there is no remedy. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

And if words existed before matter of any kind, before suns and worlds and seas and human beings and fortune-tellers ... well, then an alphabet must have existed even earlier, so that words could be formed. Therefore letters are more fundamental and powerful than anything else a diviner could use to force the secrets of the universe into view. — Dean Koontz

You think you're special? I promise you, you're not! That goddamned piece of stone is supposed to keep you safe while I try to figure out how to fix all the crap I've fucked up. I need you to have that rock, Morrison, because how am I supposed to do my job if I'm worrying about you? Sure, great, you gave the fucking thing to a beautiful woman, guess that makes you a real hero, doesn't it? Just like you're supposed to be, the handsome cop saving the girl. Good for goddamned you, Morrison, but what the hell am I supposed to do if something happens to you? I'm trying to protect you, Morrison, because I don't know what
— C.E. Murphy

You're always learning about yourself, if you're honest with yourself. It's very tough to be honest with yourself. We all are dishonest with ourselves, a lot of the time. We don't want to deal with something, so we compartmentalize it. — Geoff Johns

The moment you start owning your past is the moment you start changing your future. — L.M. Fields

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple. — Dolly Parton

If one of my kids reads a book for school and I can have a conversation with her about the book and I sense that she gets what the book is about, then it doesn't really matter to me if she gets an A on the paper. — Michael J. Fox