Stepaniak Indiana Quotes & Sayings

A fiction which is designed to inculcate an object wholly alien to the imagination sins against the first law of art; and if a writer of fiction narrow his scope to particulars so positive as polemical controversy in matters ecclesiastical, political or moral, his work may or may not be an able treatise, but it must be a very poor novel. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Tell your lizard (brain) to shut up. — Seth Godin

In his mind, the business of existence was about minimizing consequences. The plague had raised the stakes, but he had been in training for this his whole life. — Colson Whitehead

Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon. — Emily Dickinson

Smiling can be a deliberate, intentioned act. When it is that, it becomes an act of creation, and a powerful tool. Be quick to smile, and quick to share your smile with others. You will light up your heart and light up the room. — Neale Donald Walsch

Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that information that allow you to organize your perceptions and understand the external world. — Brian Greene