Transverse Numbers Quotes & Sayings

I always look for interesting, complex characters. You know, interesting, well-written material. — Sam Underwood

Restraints upon our natural inclinations, which left to themselves do not automatically lead us to do what is good for us and often indeed lead us to evil, are not only necessary; they are the indispensable condition of civilized existence. — Theodore Dalrymple

If you're planning on dying today I hope you dig your grave first. — Larry McMurtry

He could remember a time when the loneliness of death had terrified him, when the idea of it was insupportable. He used to feel that if his wife could but lie in the same coffin with him, his body would not be so insensible that the nearness of hers would not give it comfort. But now he thought of eternal solitude with gratefulness; as a release from every obligation, from every form of effort. It was the Truth. One — Willa Cather

Sometimes it hurts to lose things, to leave them behind. We can't really forget them, so they linger. A twinge here, a sharp reminder there. The things we gain from the loss puts perspective on that pain. We can try to bury the pain, mask it, ignore it. — Melissa Foster

I did a piece where I was talking about torture at Abu Ghraib, and I embroidered my hand with the image of the hooded Abu Ghraib prisoners who'd been tortured using a needle and thread. I know that meeting a Holocaust survivor when I was eight and seeing the tattoo on her arm from her time in the camps influenced my piece about Abu Ghraib. — Jill Soloway

I don't like to stick to one formula. That gets boring. I get bored, so I want to try different ways of getting inside something. — Thomas Jane

Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force. — John Paul Caponigro

I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with it. I would make completely different choices, do things I wouldn't have normally, because I had to fill this narrative shape. — Chelsea Cain

When I fish, I stop thinking about anything else. But truth be told, if you want to declare victories, I can tell you the fish have won a lot more than I have. It's interesting that something with a brain the size of a fish's can outsmart us humans, who think we are el supremo. — Norman Schwarzkopf

Creative person's spirit and soul dance with passion and imagination. — Pearl Zhu

Infinity? It attracts us like a floodlight in the night. — Frank Herbert

I've played for the Miami Heat my whole career under Pat Riley. Mr. GQ himself. So when I pick out my outfits before a game, I'm already feeling confident. And some of that swagger stays with me when I take the court. — Dwyane Wade

Distance is the only cure for certain diseases. — Zora Neale Hurston