Stowaways Who Survived Quotes & Sayings

In the town there were two mutes, and they were always together. — Carson McCullers

Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly. — Nigel Short

Every true artist does feel, consciously or unconsciously, that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil. In other words, the natural mystic does know that there is something there, something behind the clouds or within the trees; but he believes that the pursuit of beauty is the way to find it; that imagination is a sort of incantation that can call it up. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. — Thomas Carlyle

I have been reading crime books ever since I was a child, but I had never tried to write one. — Kerry Greenwood

What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology. — Harold Bloom

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on. — Rachel Weisz

Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their treasures and the dragons eat their foes for breakfast with a nice cup of Lapsang souchong, someone needs to tell their bits of overlapping narrative. There's magic in that. It's in the listener, and for each and every ear it will be different, and it will affect them in ways they can never predict. From the mundane to the profound. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift. Your sister may be able to see the future, but you yourself can shape it, boy. Do not forget that ... there are many kinds of magic, after all. — Erin Morgenstern

Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God. — Leonard Ravenhill

The tattoo is a reminder that choices made out of desperation are almost always bad choices." Finn paused, hoping Bonnie was thinking — Amy Harmon

As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed ... magnifice nt. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory. — Neil Armstrong

My life's misery and tragedy is my wealth and splendor. — Debasish Mridha

Mismatches destroy us all, even the most tender ones, and most never have the courage to break someone else's heart to follow their own. — Amy Guth

My main job is to go and have fun. When I do that, everything just seems to fall into place. — Rashad Evans