The Scorpion And The Tortoise Quotes & Sayings

I think it's important to let each thing you write teach you how to write it. You must listen to what you do. Let it be in control. I don't step in until I know what it demands of me. — Jill Alexander Essbaum

The notion of a contemporary epiphany to me is very exciting, because it's a sort of biblical thing. It's something that has happened to people in other centuries or in the context of religious experience. — Pamela Stephenson

Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence — Jay Bilas

I feel really qualified to write about Australia. — Chris Lilley

Read the stories of the past to write your story for the future. — Habeeb Akande

Aye, so: there is love, and there is indulgence, and they may touch sometimes but they're not the same. — Jude Morgan

The church must seek to conquer not merely every man for Christ, but also the whole of man. — J. Gresham Machen

For me, because I've had classical theater training, when people say, "Oh, my god, the play is amazing!," I'll never get to see it because I'm in it. — Ray Stevenson

My mom dressed me in silk to go to elementary school. In kindergarten, they sent me home because I couldn't do finger painting in my dress. — Allegra Versace

I was not tormented in any way; I was never even bullied. I had a nice teenage life. — Sara Shepard

Is there some lesson on how to be friends?
I think what it means is that central to living
a life that is good is a life that's forgiving.
We're creatures of contact regardless of whether
we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together.
Though it may spell destruction, we still ask for more
since it beats staying dry but so lonely on shore.
So we make ourselves open while knowing full well
it's essentially saying please, come pierce my shell. — David Rakoff

Guilt requires absolution — Lauren Oliver