The Crucible Overture Quotes & Sayings

I respond to authenticity and originality, and I've been a fan of Don Winslow's ever since 'The Power Of The Dog.' — Chuck Hogan

The ultimate gift of conscious life is a sense of the mystery that encompasses it. — Lewis Mumford

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity. — Brian Aldiss

He had thought at first that they were all of common stature and costume, with the evident exception of the hairy Gogol. But as he looked at the others, he began to see in each of them exactly what he had seen in the man by the river, a demoniac detail somewhere. That lop-sided laugh, which would suddenly disfigure the fine face of his original guide, was typical of all these types. Each man had something about him, perceived perhaps at the tenth or twentieth glance, which was not normal, and which seemed hardly human. The only metaphor he could think of was this, that they all looked as men of fashion and presence would look, with the additional twist given in a false and curved mirror. — G.K. Chesterton

That is what we have been feinting towards for a year of our lives: pretending like it was going to happen, acting like it was going to happen, and making you think it was going to happen. I like to work from the back forward. — David Mandel

I see myself as an instrument of the Almighty and go on my way, regardless of transient opinions and views. — Wilhelm II

Keeping in mind the old mountain adage that the longer you take to set up your bivy site, the shorter the bivy you have to endure, we ended up taking two hours to dig the snow cave. — Erhard Loretan

A lot of guys really I get the feeling don't care whether you like their show or not, you know. I want people to enjoy what I do, and understand what I'm doing is for their enjoyment, it's all I can ask for. — Regis Philbin

Here's what I love about travel: strangers get a chance to amaze you. Sometimes a single day can bring a blooming surprise, a simple kindness that opens a chink in the brittle shell of your heart and makes you a different person when you go to sleep--more tender, less jaded--than you were when you woke up. — Tanya Shaffer

Take what you have learned, practise it, adapt it as necessary, and make it work for you. — Lorraine Clissold

My favorite journey is anywhere I haven't been — Donna Karan