Uglies Theme Quotes & Sayings

He reasoned that, as there was nothing he could do about his feelings, he must avoid acting on them. — Richard Flanagan

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions. — Karen Thompson Walker

If the force of arms is considered the only means of authority, it is not an auspicious instrument. — Lao-Tzu

Society has become so obsessed with sex that it seeps from all the pores of our national life. — Billy Graham

The thing that makes stories memorable is the experiences they impart onto the readership and the emotions that they make those readers feel. The audience will forgive an incredible amount if you deliver them a powerful emotional experience - and, conversely, if your story is emotionally false, no amount of pyrotechnics will save it. — Tom Brevoort

I imagine, then, that we are all candle flames, greasy-bright, fluttering in the darkness and the howl of the wind, and in the stillness of the room I hear footsteps, awful coming footsteps, coming to blow me out and send my life up away from me in a grey wreath of smoke. I will vanish into the air and the night. They will blow us all out, one by one, until it is only their own light by which they see themselves. — Hannah Kent

A genuine coincidence always means bad luck for me; it's my only superstition. — Margery Allingham