Stasiuk Tales Quotes & Sayings

If there was one thing in particular that he had learned by growing up in his father's house it was this: how to annoy people. — Brandon Sanderson

Listen to your own thoughts and feelings very carefully, be aware of your observations, and learn to value them. When you're a teenager - and even when you're older - lots of people will try to tell you what to think and feel. Try to stand still inside all of that and hear your own voice. It's yours and only yours, it's unique and worth of your attention, and if you cultivate it properly, it might just make you a writer. — Jennifer Donnelly

I'll admit it. Every once in awhile I'll read a book that has a plot. I was weaned from plots in college, but there comes a time when a man gets tired of reading detailed descriptions of the inner landscapes of characters whose pointless lives are ground to ash by their inability to move in any direction. — Gary Reilly

The evidence that fluoridation of the public water supply at the rate of one part per million is carcinogenic is irrefutable. — John Flaherty

Society's dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress. — Ban Ki-moon

According to an ancient and common tradition in the kingdom of Great Britain, this king did not die, but was transformed into a raven by the art of enchantment and, in the course of time, he shall return to rule again and regain his kingdom and his scepter. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

An empty shell. Those were the first words that sprang to mind ... Something incredibly important - .. - had disappeared from Miu for good. Leaving behind not life, but its absence — Haruki Murakami

It felt like I was living a life I hadn't had a chance to anticipate. — Jojo Moyes

The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be abuses and misapplications; still, it is better to hazard something than to hazard at all. — Oliver Ellsworth

I thought maybe we mourned not only for the dead but also for the living. We felt their absence before we knew for sure they were gone. — Vaddey Ratner

A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it — Freddie Mercury