Ten Eyck Swackhamer Quotes & Sayings

I'm an idiot for trying to avoid these feelings because they have caused me pain in the past. — Kellyn Roth

We have to create strength where it did not exist before; we have to change our natures, and become new men with new hearts, to be born again ... We need a nucleus of men in whom the Shakti is developed to its uttermost extent, in whom it fills every corner of the personality and overflows to fertilise the earth. These, having the fire of Bhawani in their hearts and brains, will go forth and carry the flame to every nook and cranny of our land. — Sri Aurobindo

This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness — David Platt

It's an universal law
intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

There is no other complex field in our society in which do-it-yourself beats out factory production or market production. Nobody makes his or her own car. But it is still the case that parents can perform the job of educating their children [homeschooling], in many cases better than our present education system. — Milton Friedman

As for advice - write as much as you can! Time's ticking, and if you don't throw everything you have into your stories today, you might find yourself on the wrong side of THE END tomorrow! — Darren Shan

I hate in-the-end kindnesses: they're about as nourishing as the third day of cold mutton. — Edith Wharton

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — C. G. Jung

People are like chains, the closer they are, the stronger they become. — Federico Chini

How about you have a contest?" "What? For a name or a minion?" "Why not both? We'll setup a Hellbook fan page with pics of you doing superhero stuff and let the denizens of Hades choose your name. And at the same time, we'll put out word we're accepting applications to become your sidekick." "Minion, — Eve Langlais

My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite. — Grimes

That got him thinking about his life. It seemed a bitter, pointless sort of life now. No one was any better off because of it. Full of violence and pain, with not much but disappointment and hardship in between. — Joe Abercrombie

I knew this place. These rocks. That water. That sky.
I breathed it all in. Tried to memorize it's smell, the taste of it on my tongue. It was completely new,yet familiar all at the same time. My eyes failed me, as I couldn't take it in fast enough. — Jenny B. Jones