Xiaowei Zhang Quotes & Sayings

Look," she said, opening it up, fanning its blank pages in his direction. "This is a book, too, and precious little is written in it. It's just as accurate as the Grimmerie, and maybe more so. Don't be chagrined by its blankness. Be liberated instead. Go on, it's yours. I have never written a word in it worth saving, so what I give you isn't magic or the benefit of my thinking, but my belief in the blankness of our futures. Charms only go so far. Here, take it. Whether you write your own story in it or not, that's your affair. — Gregory Maguire

I had made an empirical discovery and it carried all the weight of a mathematical proof. — Paul Auster

He hums a little. He's a really old guy with an English accent, he might have a goatee, and he'll definitely be carrying around a really thick, boring book. You might be able to pry it from his decaying hands and beat him back to death with it. Or maybe just reading it to him would work. — Kasie West

Sometimes, even if there was no useful advice to give, I saw that listening still helped. — Sonia Sotomayor

Smugness is the Great Catholic Sin. — Flannery O'Connor

Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home ... and eating it. — Rene Redzepi