Worldbuilding Questions Quotes & Sayings

Socrates said that, from above, the Earth looks like one of those twelve-patched leathern balls. — Plato

Now the soul says, 'Lord, where shall I go? You have the words of eternal life.' [John 6: 68] Here he centers, here he settles. It is the entrance of heaven to him; he sees his interest in God. — Joseph Alleine

President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today. — Anna Deavere Smith

So you st that charge, and then put yourself right smack in the middle of the blast radius?" Brandt asked with what might have been open admiration. Remy nodded curtly. "Marry me," Brandt requested with unholy glee.
Remy cracked a smile and Carl laughed softly at Brandt's side. Shawn and Nikolaus both sat motionless, staring at Remy disbelievingly. Thiago rolled his eyes and cleared is throat. Nothing Remy did surprised him now. — Abigail Roux

Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired. — Walter Scott

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera. — Yousuf Karsh

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything? — Jennifer E. Smith

The great stories go to those who aren't afraid to live them — Tucker Max

Once upon a time, we ate to sustain ourselves. Now food itself is toxic. — Mark Schatzker

I am officially Jewish, but I'm Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant. — A. J. Jacobs

I think I have to laugh about the fact that I grew up in public. All these weird stages in my teenage years are documented. Why did no one tell me how terrible some of those outfits were? — Justin Timberlake

All women are not Helen, I know that, but have Helen in their hearts. — William Carlos Williams

And there is another feeling that is a great consolation in poverty. I believe everyone who has been hard up has experienced it. It is a feeling of relief, almost of pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out. You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them, and you can stand it. — George Orwell

If you actually look at the etymology of the word 'hallucination', what it's come to mean in English is a delusion. But what it really means in the original language is to wander in the mind. That's the meaning of 'hallucination', to wander in the mind. — Terence McKenna

I want to be great, something special. — Sugar Ray Leonard