Every accepted public quote

“You can write nothing of value unless you give yourself wholly to the the theme -- and when you so give yourself -- you lose appetite ans sleep -- it cannot be helped --”

“Real life is messy, inconsistent, and it's seldom when anything ever really gets resolved. It's taken me a long time to realize that.”

“In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of polities'. All issues are political issues.”

“Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.”

“One of the advantages to getting older, though: while you might not change all that much, you at least got to know yourself. The real you, minus the bullshit and wishful thinking.”

“As free and crazy as we want to be, and how much we want to make the world a canvas, there's also a part of us that doesn't want to make any mark.”

“All happiness is in the mind.”

“I was a really bad teenager and I got my tongue pierced. I don't even remember where I did it, but it was under very surreptitious circumstances.”

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

“In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.”

“...a book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands. If for a hundred and a hundred years everyone had been able freely to handle our c...”

“When one cannot depart from the present or the past, the future shall be beyond their reach; they meander a path inattentive and without destination.”

“Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men.”

“Every penny NOT spent on investing in yourself (after basic needs of course) may be a wasted future opportunity from missing learns and connects.”

“In order to grow, we need to know ourselves. To understand what triggers certain behaviour, we need to identify the root cause.”

“for what is religion if not a kind of madness, and what is madness without a touch of religion?”

“People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real.”

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”

“That's just what 'The 100' does. They like to put their characters in a position where no decision is the right one, you know? You have to kind of just hope that it works out.”

“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.”

“I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are...”

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

“Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very American item, the Internet, a few rudiments is all anyone c...”

“...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.”

“Prepare for every negotiation... 1) Focus on Outcomes. What is it that you want to walk away with? Being as specific as possible also increases the likelihood of negotiation success. 2) Supp...”

“I did roles that I hated, and there were roles that were detrimental to my acting ability. There were roles that I was always doing that were always the comic relief... it was destroying my...”

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”

“Take my books away, and I should be desperate!”

“And that's how it was, that night, shadow and space, earth and time, something that runs and falls and passes. And that's how all the nights go over the earth, leaving only a vague black odo...”

“The world is merciless, and it's also very beautiful.”

“Till I loved I never lived.”

“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”

“The world in which deception lives like romance cannot grow with innovation.”

“Any plans hopes and dreams for the future are always reliant upon the past; for wisdom, financial standing and experience determine your capacity to build the future.”

“You remember your first love because they show you, prove to you, that you can love and be loved, that nothing in this world is deserved except for love, that love is both how you become a p...”

“The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness, and freedom of each sentient being to sing the song of their heart.”

“I would love to persuade Christopher Bailey to get even just a section of Burberry that's, like, organic or free trade. I love him, he's a very good person and an amazing designer, and I hav...”

“I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.”

“Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.”

“Eating ready-made meals is about being very passive, and actively cooking is something that nothing compares to.”

“I'm a very heady person; I'm in my head a lot.”

“Believe in your dreams and never give up on your passions, never give up even in spite of the difficulty and the unforeseen, or despite the mistakes that you will make, if you persist in the...”

“I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I...”

“One should accept who they are or make changes to meet their expectations, instead of trying to be what they are not.”

“Sometimes you just need to be selfish to be self-sufficient.”

“Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.”

“I'm a firm believer that you don't have to pick one career path.”

“College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?”