Van Allsburg Drawings Quotes & Sayings

That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones. — Raymond Carver

No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron. — Seneca The Younger

George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you? — Tamora Pierce

You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide. — Wallace Stegner

If we can redefine marriage as between two men or two women or any other way based on social pressures as opposed to between a man and a woman, we will continue to redefine it in any way that we wish, which is a slippery slope with a disastrous ending, as witnessed in the dramatic fall of the Roman Empire. — Benjamin Carson

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself. — Rumi

Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death ... If we did not know we'd die, we'd wander around and sleep like cats. — Ray Bradbury

And Jesus lived happily ever after. — Howard Mittelmark