Tessaris Quotes & Sayings

So often I have known, right there in the pulpit, even as I read the words, how far they fell short of any hopes I had for them. — Marilynne Robinson

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver. — Patricia C. Wrede

The water is clearer than the air, and the air is the air that angels breathe. — Mark Twain

Great is the strife between beauty and modesty. — Ovid

My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden. — August Wilson

There is a point at which eccentricity begins to impact operational effectiveness. — Charles Stross

That's how birthdays were in our house. All hateful charades of pretty clothes, expensive presents, and ugly words . . . — Debbie Howells

Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity.
[Lat., Piger scribendi ferre laborem;
Scribendi recte, nam ut multum nil moror.] — Horace

Grief swarmed into her heart like angry bees. — Nora Roberts

If you make a decision, a pact with someone, your friend, you should say, 'I'm gonna do this,' and you should stick to it. — Erykah Badu

If you're going to play a prostitute, you can't be too squeamish about that sort of thing. It's just part of the job, since the role requires it. — Paula Malcomson

every time you think you can have a normal life, something will stir up your past. So either you put a fucking bullet in your skull or figure out a way to make your remaining life mean something. — Ben Lieberman