Subbasements Quotes & Sayings

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

In the dank utility room deep in the subbasements of my personality, a little man wiped his hands on his overalls and pulled the switch: More. — Colson Whitehead

There are spaces between breaths, when one year becomes another or one second another. Between the clock's tick and the second's hand. There are all these spaces, these times. Like when a person dies. There has to be time between being there and not being there. — Anne C. George

What kind of sigh was that? Peril wondered. Was it an "I wish I were alone with Peril" sigh? Or a "worried about my students" sigh? Knowing Clay, it could also be a "we're all out of goats and I really wanted one" sigh. — Tui T. Sutherland

Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable. — Andrew Lang

I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told. — Dale Carnegie

We believe we will be made whole by our accomplishments, our possessions, or our social status. It's written in the fabric of our DNA that life used to be beautiful and now it isn't, and if only this and only that, it would be beautiful again. — Donald Miller

Creativity comes from constraint. — Biz Stone

We all need a place where we feel safe. A secret place that we like to think is ours. — Ingrid Nickelsen