Svetulka Quotes & Sayings

What the best novels and novelists do is to offer a different way of seeing. — Aminatta Forna

You don't have a baby based on that publicity madness. People don't live like that. Especially black people who were raised in families with morals and standards and integrity. — Whitney Houston

In many ways, life is about managing your delusions; keeping the ones that nourish and eliminating the ones that poison. — Steve Maraboli

I pulled my suitcase out of the backseat of my bug, along with Cannoli's new travel case, a spiffy animal print pet backpack on wheels. When I first saw it, I thought maybe the dog was supposed to wear the backpack, but it turned out the person wore the backpack with the dog in it. — Claire Cook

We talk about saving time and killing time when actually we can't do either. We have no choice but to spend it at a constant and flowing rate. — Michael LeBoeuf

It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the outside right first. — Charlton Heston

The writer is a definite human phenomenon. He is almost a type - as pugilists are a type. He may be a bad writer - an insipid one or a clumsy one - but there is a bug in him that keeps spinning yarns; and that bulges his brow a bit, narrows his jaws, weakens his eyes and gives him girl children instead of boys. Nobody but a writer can write. People who hang around writers for years - as producers did - who are much smarter and have much better taste, never learn to write. — Ben Hecht

Never show them how weak you are. — Vanessa Mintvandi

My biggest thing is to teach not to focus on the aesthetic. It's really about who you are, and the human being, that makes you beautiful. — Beyonce Knowles

I don't want my kids safe and comfortable. I want them BRAVE ... I don't want to be the reason my kids choose safety over courage. I hope I never hear them say, 'Mom will freak out,' or 'My parents will never agree to this.' May my fear not bind their purpose here. Scared moms raise scared kids. Brave moms raise brave kids. Real disciples raise real disciples. — Jen Hatmaker

You okay?" Eve asked her. Claire nodded, still gasping. "Yeah, I know. Terror Aerobics. Just wait until they get it at the gym. It'll be bigger than Pilates. — Rachel Caine