Ted Radcliffe Quotes & Sayings

It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do. — Harold Brodkey

If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered. — Stephen King

If you pardon the hypocrisy, it seems a bit disingenuous when the only quotes a person puts on their home page are ones they wrote. If your own words are the most profound thing you can think of, then I think you need to read a good deal more. — Me

If you're looking for unconditional love, you're really looking to be parented. And that's not an attractive quality in any adult person.

Whenever I hear someone say, "But I want to be loved unconditionally," I cringe. What does that even mean? That you want to be your most basic, infantile self and still be adored by your partner? That your parents didn't give you the unconditional love you needed to feel whole so you're still out there looking for it? If that's the case, know the healing can only come from inside you. No other adult on this planet can fix that for you. If you lucked out and got unconditional love from your parents and you're seeking a partner to replicate that, you're signing up for big disappointment. Really big. — Abby Rodman

All artists are two-headed calves. — Truman Capote

The tree seemed very sad to be involved in such a thing and it hung its dark head over them. — Karen Foxlee

Maybe. Maybe there's more we all could have done," he says, "but we just have to let the guilt remind us to do better next time." I frown and pull back. That is a lesson that members of Abnegation learn - guilt as a tool, rather than a weapon against the self. It is a line straight from one of my father's lectures at our weekly meetings. — Veronica Roth

Tomorrow when you come to work, if it doesn't make the customer happy, move the business forward, and save us money - don't do it. — Reed Hastings

Because money without love is complete poverty. And poverty with love, well that's pure wealth. — Chelsea Fine

I always have lots of zany ideas for promotional stuff as publication nears. — Nicholas Royle

I am speaking of something that is no longer happening - that is not currently going on. If someone is abusing you, or doing something illegal, or even something you refuse to tolerate, and it's still continuing, that is not an issue of forgiveness, that is an issue of making sure that stops - even if you have to get away from that situation - that's very important. — Ysabella Brave

A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images. — George Sand