Wroughten Iron Quotes & Sayings

One can't stand forever on the shore. At some point, filled with indecision, skepticism, reservation and doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever elsewhere — Arthur Miller

It was only the thought that Deets was still knowing him, somehow, that kept him from feeling totally alone. — Larry McMurtry

I never planned my career. I never planned to be president of Harvard. People would have thought I was crazy, probably, at the age of 8 or 10 or 20, if I had said that. So what I would say to people planning their careers is to be ready to improvise. Be ready to follow up on opportunities as they unfold. — Drew Gilpin Faust

Laughter is the real religion. Everything else is just metaphysics. — Rajneesh

Dad. I knew that was it. No more holding my hand. No more sitting in my lap. No more throwing your arms around my waist when I walked through the front door or standing on my shoes while we danced around the kitchen. I would be the bank now. The ride to your friend's house. The critic of your biology homework. The signature on the check mailed away with your college application. — Karin Slaughter

Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective. — Stephen Covey

I sold a book six years after I left an MFA program. In between, there was a lot of endurance of poverty and a lot of fighting off doubt. It's all a part of the process of being or becoming a writer. — Chad Harbach

Intellect is a sin that must be atoned for by leading exactly the life of those who have none. — Madame De Stael

...angry at the world for being what the world was, for what it had always been: a dangerous place that our human noise had made seem a whole lot safer. — Rick Yancey

A culture of vultures steeped and born of violence shall choke on the blood of its offspring. — T.F. Hodge

Writing is not some quiet, closet act. — Patti Smith

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth. — Aesop

The truth hurts when you live a life of lies. — Habeeb Akande

And every night I would think of you. Now that I can no longer see you, I realize how much I needed you. School is incredibly boring, but as a matter of self-discipline I am going to all my classes and doing all the assignments. Everything seems pointless since you left. I'd like to have a nice, long talk with you. If possible, I'd like to visit your sanatorium and see you for several hours. And, if possible, I'd like to go out walking with you side by side the way we used to. Please try to answer this letter, even a short note, I don't care." I — Haruki Murakami

In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly. — Al Roker