Thomas Transtromer Quotes & Sayings

Somehow I always feel better with her. It's as if she can completely sympathize with my thoughts and help me channel them away, and I can always take comfort in her lovely face. — Marie Lu

Rage is really only for the good days. The truth is there's little of that left. the truth is that the forms I see have been slowly emptied out. They no longer have any content. They are shapes only. A train, a wall, a world. Or a man. A thing dangling in senseless articulation in a howling void. No meaning to its life. Its words. Why would I seek the company of such a thing? Why? — Cormac McCarthy

That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior. — B.F. Skinner

If you are there to staunch the tears of the world, then it does not cross your mind that you yourself may weep. — Alexander McCall Smith

We mourn for the dead, but it's a selfish act. It may be a tragedy that so many young lives are lost to us, but it's our tragedy alone because they are at peace. — Jenny Penn

As a young person, you have no fixed address, no studio, no money for materials, so I made things sort of on the run. That life doesn't favor the stability and spatial demands of painting. — David Salle

If I had my own Neverland it would probably be the coolest place in the world. You could do anything you want there. There would be trees everywhere. — Jeremy Sumpter

Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance. — David Maister