Tchioto Quotes & Sayings

'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?' — Chris Van Allsburg

There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs. — Yotam Ottolenghi

But how shall I tell you all these things," he said, the line of his mouth twisting. "And then say to you
it is only you I have ever loved? How should you believe me?"
The question hung in the air between us, shimmering like the reflection from the water below.
"If you say it," I said, "I'll believe you." ...
"Only you," he said, so softly I could barely hear him. "To worship ye with my body, give ye all the service of my hands. To give ye my name, and all my heart and soul with it. Only you. Because ye will not let me lie - and yet ye love me."
I did touch him then.
"Jamie," I said softly, and laid my hand on his arm. "You aren't alone anymore. — Diana Gabaldon

Everything is relative, including relativity. — Chris Matakas

Any system of world order, to be sustainable, must be accepted as just - not only by leaders, but also by citizens. It must reflect two truths: order without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace. Order and freedom, sometimes described as opposite poles on the spectrum of experience, should instead be understood as interdependent. Can today's leaders rise above the urgency of day-to-day events to achieve this balance? — Henry Kissinger

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth. — June Jordan

our youth must be shown that not all worthwhile things are instantly accessible and that there are levels of sensibility unknown to them. — Neil Postman

Nothing can replace courage, a resounding motivation and that little bit of luck. — Edmund Hillary

Consider what you can do to assist your inner work, try to do it as you think best, but it's actually only going to be done by you storming it ... — Belsebuub

Feed the dogs. I hate to hear them barking like that. — Lillie Langtry

Lindworms are a sign of a healthy ecosystem," I said, straightening. "Now let's get out of here before the healthy ecosystem eats us. — Seanan McGuire

She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her through the television set. — William Holden

The writer has to take risks and go somewhere full of mystery and possibility for the novel to deepen over the years it takes to write it. — Dana Spiotta

Well, I tried drowning, but that didn't work; somehow the urge to life, mere physical life, is damn strong, and I felt that I could swim forever straight out into the sea and sun and never be able to swallow more than a gulp or two of water and swim on. The body is amazingly stubborn when it comes to sacrificing itself to the annihilating directions of the mind. — Sylvia Plath

Cherish the people you love, because you never know when Allah will take them back. — Boonaa Mohammed