Svileni Quotes & Sayings

Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the fathers and mothers of all wars. Evil does not relent; it must be defeated. And even when defeated, uprooted, and purified by fire, evil leaves behind a seed that will one day germinate and, in blooming, again be misunderstood. — Dean Koontz

And I was to find out then, as I found out so many times, over and over again, that women especially are social beings, who are not content with just husband and family, but must have a community, a group, an exchange with others. A child is not enough. A husband and children, no matter how busy one may be kept by them, are not enough. Young and old, even in the busiest years of our lives, we women especially are victims of the long loneliness. — Dorothy Day

I couch-surfed for years. But I always wanted to live in Baltimore; I still do. If I had to choose, it would always be Baltimore. — John Waters

Crude at first [the short story] received a literary polish in the press, but its dominant quality remained. It was concise and condense, yet suggestive. It was delightfully extravagant - or a miracle of understatement — Bret Harte

Television and movies have short-circuited reality. I don't think a lot of people are entirely clear on what is real and what is on the screen. — Alan Moore

THAT'S MY BOX OF PRATTLES!"
"NOT ANYMORE!" "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM-REX STOLE MY CANDY!"
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD-BEX SMELLS LIKE DRAGON POOP!"
"SO DOES REX!" another voice added. "STAY OUT OF THIS, LEX! — Shannon Messenger

The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts. — Oscar Wilde

Open all your pores and bathe in all the tides of nature, in all her streams and oceans, at all seasons. — Henry David Thoreau

For Stephen, London was less a city that never slept, more a city that got a good nine hours. — David Nicholls

Aptitude plus obsession equals greatness — Josh Bezoni

Before MTV, if you put out an album that sold 50,000 copies, your band could afford not to have day jobs for a while. That meant you could stick around, put out another album or two. Maybe it would be the second or third album where you'd make the statement you'd been trying to make all along. — Mark Mothersbaugh

New Orleans was the ideal town for an underachiever, a place where whiling away Saturdays on the stoop or on projects so underproductive they wouldn't count as hobbies in other cities was the norm. This environment suited me and other people who, like me, wanted to appear more industrious than average without doing much work. — Sara Roahen

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. — Pierre Beaumarchais