Tchen Quotes & Sayings

To reach a ball he has never reached before, to extend himself to the very limits of his range, and then a step farther, this is the shortstop's dream. — Chad Harbach

And to crown the whole, you must needs come back and make a martyr of yourself, so now anyone who cares a farthing for your life must watch you hanged; that is, if they do not decide to make a spectacle of it and draw and quarter you in the fine old style. I suppose you would go to it like Harrison, 'as cheerful as any man could do in that condition.' Well, I should not be damned cheerful, and neither should anyone else who loved you, and some of them can knock down half of London Town if they should choose. — Naomi Novik

It is my experience that people who don't participate in society, who don't have jobs, who don't have friends, are just very stuck in irresponsibility and cultism and all kinds of nonsense. — Frederick Lenz

What if there is only an equal ratio of happiness to unhappiness in the world at any given time? — Gabrielle Zevin

You can't breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence. — Joseph Conrad

It still astounds me, after forty years, that there is no good bread between Chicago and San Francisco. — Jane Smiley

I think that if a real princess was lost in this modern world and she could be whatever she wanted, she would be a musician,' Blanche said slowly. 'A violinist, or a harpist. That would be the only place where she could find solace for her lost kingdom. — Regina Doman

...Fei Xiaoton, the University of Chicago - trained Chinese sociologist, once observed, this nation is "a land without ghosts," a place where people are so busy with promises of progress that they have forgotten where they come from and who their ancestors were... — John Kuo Wei Tchen

All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait. — Francois Rabelais

As a physician, we heal by sharing our bestowed power of knowledge, love, and compassion. — Debasish Mridha

They gave these screens to us as chains. Today, we make them hammers. Karnus — Pierce Brown

I feel as if I could trust my happiness to carry me; as if it had grown out of me like wings. — Edith Wharton

As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences everything gets distorted, language is just no damn good - I use it because I have to, but I don't put any trust in it. We never understand each other. — Marcel Duchamp