Thickety Book Quotes & Sayings

O Lord, deliver me from this lust of always vindicating myself." Such a need for constant vindication destroys our soul's faith in God. Don't say, "I must explain myself," or, "I must get people to understand." Our Lord never explained anything - He left the misunderstandings or misconceptions of others to correct themselves. — Oswald Chambers

The mind is beautiful and always in search of beauty.
In a moment it can run from joy to untold agony. — Debasish Mridha

Major cities are divided into two parts; the bits that are in the guidebook and the bits that aren't. If you don't take a guidebook, you'll see a different city. — Guy Browning

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to. — Bill Bryson

Crokus jumped at a faint plopping sound from the stairwell. He laid his hands on his knives, tensing. — Steven Erikson

I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in her life, may she rest in peace. Because that deed saved my life, if not sooner, then later, when sometimes the only thing I had to hold on to was knowing I could read. — Audre Lorde

In the final analysis, each of us is responsible for what we are. We cannot blame it on our mothers, who, thanks to Freud, have replaced money as the root of all evil. — Helen Lawrenson

We can afford the workers' compensation, Harry - he'll watch what he says the time next, won't he?" Nils would say. "The 'next time,' Nils," Grandpa Harry would gently correct his old friend. — John Irving

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. — Lynn Abbey