Zakiyyah Smailovic Quotes & Sayings

That those who live narrow lives have only themselves to blame when they find themselves shocked. — Naomi Alderman

Oftentimes these ministers of darkness tell us truths in little things, to betray us into deeds of greatest consequence. — Charles Lamb

As long as I think I 'should' do it, I'll resist it, even if I want very much to do it. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Go to hell, but keep moving once you get there, come out the other side. — Rebecca Solnit

You destroy buildings, fight monsters openly in the streets of the city, work with the police, show up in newspapers, advertise in the phone book, and ride zombie dinosaurs down Michigan Avenue, and think that you work in the shadows? Be reasonable. — Jim Butcher

I don't get superheroes," she says,
"if you could see through everything
you'd see nothing at all. — Paul Madonna

People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. — Andrzej Sapkowski

I am an emotional I am an emotional, devotional, incandotional creature. — Eve Ensler

I just wanted to know what it was like," she said, "in case it was my last chance. I never wanted to take him away from you."

"You didn't. It's not like you tied him down and forced him." Sparrow paused, considering. "You didn't, did you?"

"Practically. But he didn't scream for help, so..."

Sparrow launched the plum. It was close range, and hit Ruby on her collarbone. She said, "Ow!" though it hadn't really hurt. Rubbing at the place of impact, she glared at Sparrow. "Is that it, then? Have you spent your wrath?"

"Yes," said Sparrow, dusting off her palms. "It was one-plum wrath."

"How sad for Feral. He was only worth one plum. Won't he mope when we tell him. — Laini Taylor

Others stumbled upon the stone by accident. They already had the gift, and their souls were readier for such things than the souls of others. But they don't count. They're quite rare. — Paulo Coelho

Dad used to say, "Death is a part of it all." I say it's the ugly part. But it's why I'm here, why Eiger climbers come. We come because they died, and by dying they created this legend, and we want to be a part of the legend, without dying. — John Harlin

If a child waited to speak until all the grown-ups settled down and gave her some room to say her piece, the most important things would never get said. — Katherine Hannigan

The damned book I am writing is like the driveling of a weak-kneed sea calf. If I were sufficiently strong minded, I should tear it up an start again. But I don't. — Winifred Holtby

The Christian church has set up a religion of pomp and revenue in pretended imitation of a person (Jesus) who lived a life of poverty. — Thomas Paine

I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not. — Dani Shapiro