Zanimanja Slike Quotes & Sayings

Story ideas had never been a problem for him, there'd always been more ideas than time to write them, he'd reject one perfectly good notion because he fell more simpatico toward a different one. But of course he could never go back to any of those ancient story stubs, they wouldn't still have juice in them.

For him, creating a novel was like gardening; you choose your seed, you treat it exactly the way the package says, and gradually a thing of beauty - or of sturdiness, or of nutrition - grows up and becomes yours. The seed you don't nurture doesn't wait to be doted over later; it shrivels and dies. — Donald E. Westlake

Boys torment each other when there's nothing else to do and no Frenchmen to fight. — Christian Cameron

I would give my life, that's nothing, my soul ... my dear, my dear, try to understand that you are - so important. — Graham Greene

Marigold stops infection. Coltsfoot eases breathing. Poppy seed soothes pain and shock and brings sleep. — Erin Hunter

I bought all the books, but I probably knew on the first day that law school wasn't for me. I didn't give up until about ten days. I don't think I really told my father. I really didn't like my father knowing my things were not successful. — Charles Schwab

Too many constants were changing, belying the illusion of permanence. — Raymond L. Atkins

Jernau Gurgeh," the machine said, making a sighing noise, "a guilty system recognizes no innocents. As with any power apparatus which thinks everybody's either for it or against it, we're against it. You would be too, if you thought about it. The very way you think places you among its enemies. This might not be your fault, because every society imposes some of its values on those raised within it, but the point is that some societies try to maximize that effect, and some try to minimize it. You come from one of the latter and you're being asked to explain yourself to one of the former. Prevarication will be more difficult than you might imagine; neutrality is probably impossible. You cannot choose not to have the politics you do; they are not some separate set of entities somehow detachable from the rest of your being; they are a function of your existence. I know that and they know that; you had better accept it." Gurgeh thought about this. "Can I lie? — Iain M. Banks

You're going to die some day without ever having had enough trouble in your life. Not of the right kind anyway. — Kent Haruf

I stand on the shoulders of women who marched before me. — Maria Shriver

The guy with the biggest stomach will be the first to take off his shirt at a baseball game. — Glenn Dickey

Why did my husband have to die?"

I didn't answer her; because I'd realized a question like this was predicated on an illusion: the illusion that war can ever have a happy outcome. It's always someone's husband. It's always someone's son. It's always someone's brother. It's always someone's friend. — Rose Christo

Tyrants aren't born, they evolve, just as saints do, their characters slowly shaped over time, just as ours are. — Judith Arnopp

I look at those hands. I look at them, long and hard and symbolically, because in my heart I know they're the hands that will end my life before this night is over. — J.A. Redmerski

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge? — Douglas Adams

It keeps people calm. That's the important thing. Holden thinks he's a hero, power to the people, information wants to be free blah blah blah, but he's a fucking moron." "He's on his own ship." Avasarala crossed her arms. "What's your point?" "He's on his own ship and we're not." "So we're all fucking morons," Avasarala said. "Fine. — James S.A. Corey