Tikhonovsky Quotes & Sayings

You just don't give up. There have been times when everything seemed to conspire against getting a book done or printed, and I would feel like turning my back on the whole thing. But I came back and persisted. — Dee Brown

My mother used to say that a man who can't appreciate poetry lacks a soul. — Renee Ahdieh

Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this. — Leo Tolstoy

Whatever is natural admits of variety. — Madame De Stael

The soft aroma of old worn cotton from a linen chest, the lingering smell of tobacco on an angora sweater; Jergen's hand lotion, sauteed green peppers and onions; the sweet, nutty smell of peanut butter and bananas, the oaken smell of good bourbon. A combination of lily of the valley, cedar, vanilla, and somewhere, the lingering of old rose. These smells are older than any thought. Mama, Teensy, Neecie, and Caro, each one of them had an individual scent, to be sure. But this is the Gumbo of their scents. This is the Gumbo Ya-Ya. This is the internal vial of perfume I carry with me everywhere I go. — Rebecca Wells

There are many questions in this world that have no answers. — Hiromu Arakawa

While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it. — Robert E. Howard

When you meet a head of state, and you say, 'What is your most precious natural resource?' they will not say children at first, and then when you say, 'children,' they will pretty quickly agree with you. — Nicholas Negroponte

Words wield power, both divine and mortal. We might think of the comparison of the power of words like this: God's words are omnipotent. Our words are potent. — Beth Moore