V1702 Quotes & Sayings

I bristle at the implication that only with the help of a Big Six editor does a novel lose its self-indulgent aspects. Before the advent of self-publishing, there were plenty of self-indulgent novels on the shelves. — Jennifer Armintrout

My mother was an unbeliever - and still is. My father was a nominal Catholic. We would go in to church at the last minute before the gospel reading, take Communion, and walk right out again. — Frederica Mathewes-Green

I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be out of a job. — Peter Mayle

A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous as well as contemptible character. The utmost that those who thus habitually confound their opinions and sentiments with the outside coverings of their bodies can aspire to, is a negative and neutral character, like wax-work figures, where the dress is done as much to the life as the man, and where both are respectable pieces of pasteboard, or harmless compositions of fleecy hosiery. — William Hazlitt

My New Year's style resolution is to buy and wear more clothing that is handmade by artisans or eco-friendly. — Lauren Bush

Besides it's not as though the prisoner can truly die, any more than a character in a novel can. You can always flip back to the first page, can't you? — Django Wexler

Don't try to lose weight. Take delight in gaining fitness. — Alan Cohen

I want a life that makes music - not just practices the piano. — Ann Voskamp

You are special person. Seek to develop your talents. — Lailah Gifty Akita

While we cry ourselves to sleep, gratitude waits patiently to console and reassure us; there is a landscape larger than the one we can see. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

A word is a small song. — Larry Good

The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive. — Timothy Noah