Thisted Soccerway Quotes & Sayings

I'm reading George Saunders's story collection, "Tenth of December." He was my mentor at the University of Syracuse. The stories are mind-blowing like everyone says. — Cheryl Strayed

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend. — Freddie Mercury

Miss Bates ... had never boasted either beauty or cleverness. Her youth had passed without distinction, and her middle of life was devoted to the care of a failing mother, and the endeavour to make a small income go as far as possible. And yet she was a happy woman, and a woman whom no one named without good-will. It was her own universal goodwill and contented temper which worked such wonders. She loved every body, was interested in every body's happiness and quick-sighted to every body's merits; thought herself a most fortunate creature, and surrounded with blessings in such an excellent mother and so many good neighbours and friends, and a home that wanted for nothing. The simplicity and cheerfulness of her nature, her contented and grateful spirit, were a recommendation to every body and a mine of felicity to herself. — Jane Austen

And Lord did I push, for thee more hours
I pushed, I pushed so hard I shat,
Pushed so hard blood vessels burst
in my neck and in my chest, pushed so hard my asshole turned inside-out like a rosebud. — Beth Ann Fennelly

In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can concentrate on the road while still getting an audio message that can be riveting. — Bob Edwards

Writing on the beach is not what it's cracked up to be. The sand blows, and you perspire, and the page gets all blotty and messed up, so I don't do that anymore. — Elmore Leonard

I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21. — Eric Roberts

You don't really think I'm going to let her yell at my wife, do you?"
"You're getting pretty comfortable with that term."
"I guess it's time I admit it. I knew you were going to be my wife pretty much from the second I met you. I'm not going to lie and say I haven't been waiting for the day I could say it ... so I'm going to abuse the title. You should get used to it, now." He said this all matter-of-factly, as if he were giving a practiced speech. — Jamie McGuire

Sailing to an island unknown
Failing to find your way home
you walk under a sea
leagues beneath us — Maggie Stiefvater

Men were just like sheep, and nothing was easier than for women to set up as shepherds and pen them up in a field. — Booth Tarkington

The act of writing should not be accompanied by the sense of an audience, someone peering over your shoulder, but in nonfiction I think it's almost imperative that you identify an audience so you can confirm or challenge or undermine whatever ideas or prejudices they might have about your subject. — Pankaj Mishra

Don't be afraid to say "No". It's empowering. Remember, a "Yes" is a commitment. Give them wisely. — Sharon Law Tucker

I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance. — Paul Lansky

It's only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the master work. — Paulo Coelho

There's Power in the Pen! — Katavious Ellis