Vondrak Publications Quotes & Sayings

In Russian fairy tales, the narrative flows a little differently. In those stories, you won't find a tale for Cinderella, one for Snow White, one for Rapunzel. Instead, a peculiar cast of characters recurs over and over, in nearly every story, performing different acts and suffering different sorrows, but remaining the same. Ivan the Fool. Yelena the Bright. Baba Yaga. Vasilisa the Brave. Koschei the Deathless. — Catherynne M Valente

If you are truthful you will survive. If you lie you shall perish. — Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

But so strong is our desire for meaning, an innate desire, that we construct meanings where there are none. — David Cronenberg

Once the reality sets in of a superhuman intelligence being in control of every aspect of the infrastructures we rely upon for everyday life, we will simply have to try to come to an accommodation with that entity. — John L. Casti

THE HOLIDAYS ARE RUINED!
This book is one page long and just contains that one sentence. — Amy Poehler

The music kind of possesses me when I sing. So whenever I start to sing on a show - I mean, first, I'm nervous, and then when I get into it, it's just like I feel like I'm the person who sang the song first. — Jackie Evancho

Whatever the Clave was discussing, the Council meeting was dragging on brutally late. But he knows New York. He doesn't know Alicante - — Cassandra Clare

Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist. — David Lynch

Dr. Larch pointed out that Melony had taken Jane Eyre with her; he accepted this as a hopeful sign - wherever Melony went, she would not be without guidance, she would not be without love, without faith; she had a good book with her. If only she'll keep reading it, and reading it, Larch thought. — John Irving

When the sun shines in the morning," he croaked, "its first ray falls on the door. — Gertrude Landa

One species on the planet, and one species only, has reached the point of being able to have an impact on the evolutionary fortunes of all other species and upon the functioning of all ecosystems. We also have, in a way that is not true for any other species, a relationship to the planet as a whole and to the future. We live with all life. — Walter Truett Anderson

We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity. — Ron Fournier

Most of us are worrying about the future so much that we can't enjoy the present. — Harold Sherman

There is a great difference between enlightenment and education. The former is a discerned vital knowledge without guidance while the latter is imparting any knowledge. — Uzoma Nnadi

Toughness is not being a bully, it's having a backbone. — Robert Kiyosaki