Themistoklis Chalvatzis Quotes & Sayings

Keep in mind that in the whole long tradition of storytelling, from Greek myths through Shakespeare through King Arthur and Robin Hood, this whole notion that you can't tell stories about certain characters because someone else owns them is a very modern one - and to my mind, a very strange one. — Michael Montoure

When one woman tells her truth, it makes a space for other women to tell their truths. — Adrienne Rich

Those who understand such things say that the two partners must always assist each other if a relationship is truly to founder and turn into flotsam. — Peter Hoeg Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow

There was so much pressure by myself and everyone else and I can't handle this by myself. It's not good for me so I made the decision never go to a ski coach for mental help. I said last season I will try a mental coach and see how it works. — Michaela Dorfmeister

There is a rational part of my brain and it says, Don't zap them, Warren. Ask questions first, find out who they are and why they're here, on your doorstep, lurking, banging. Find out their hopes and dreams. Offer them a glass of water. And that part of my brain has control of my left hand, which is holding the doorknob. The right hand fucking zaps the crackhead. — Mat Johnson

One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. — Edward Young

At one level Great Britain at the beginning of the 18th century was like the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, both three and one, and altogether something of a mystery. — Linda Colley

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. — Alexander Pope

Words are heavy in Turkey, and every writer, every poet and every journalist knows that, because of a word, because of a sentence, because of a tweet or even a retweet, you can be sued, you can be demonized by the media and you can even land in prison. — Elif Safak

There have been so many times over the years where people have said "Man, I thought I was just coming to this deal to get a little handier with my horse" and I'll say "Well, in the beginning, I thought that's all you were coming for too. But it turns out it's about something else." — Buck Brannaman

Christlike love is a gift of the Spirit. — Robert J. Whetten

The only way to know whats possible is to venture past impossible. — Mary Gaitskill