Stenen Quotes & Sayings

Lily slid across the seat, wrapped her arms — Carolyn Brown

A tiny sliver of gold appeared between shades of gray on the horizon. — Ruta Sepetys

We aren't there yet,' said Bouvard.
Let's hope not,' said Pecuchet. — Gustave Flaubert

Bush is an idiot and he's President, so anything's possible — John McEnroe

If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you. You learn to embrace it. — Pema Chodron

Speaking Mandarin with a Russian accent is extremely difficult. Of all the languages I have learned, Mandarin took me the longest, and having to replicate the suitable tones while simultaneously presenting myself as a rather bumbling Soviet scholar was an exercise that caused me considerable distress. In — Claire North

I think I'm supposed to "take a sad song and make it better," but that's beyond my musical ability — Sophia Bennett

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift. — Regina Spektor

If I do need to make money suddenly, I prefer to just draw something I want to draw and have someone else sell it for me on the Internet. — Chester Brown

It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion is formed, it is very probable that, by the time any view becomes a majority view, it is no longer the best view: somebody will already have advanced beyond the point which the majority have reached. It is because we do not yet know which of the many competing new opinions will prove itself the best that we wait until it has gained sufficient support. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

My idea of recreation in those busy years, was to leave the porpoise training for an hour or two, round up a bunch of children, and go play at training the ponies. I don't know where I found the strength. — Karen Pryor

Jasper glances sideways with mild canine embarrassment. — Peter Heller