People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. zig ziglar
Please don't make the mistake of thinking that 'Oryx and Crake' is anti-science. Science is a way of knowing, and a tool. Like all ways of knowing and tools, it can be turned to bad uses. And it can be bought and sold, and it often is. But it is not in itself bad. Like electricity, it's neutral. Margaret Atwood
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems. Martha Beck
Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood. Beverly Cleary
Quite often you want to tell somebody your dream, your nightmare. Well, nobody wants to hear about someone else's dream, good or bad; nobody wants to walk around with it. The writer is always tricking the reader into listening to the dream. Joan Didion
Say to all small and great, and that often, that fully, quickly and willingly, without grumbling and contradiction, they do all your commands that are not against God. Robert Grosseteste
Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny. Robert Crais
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcomeArthur Ashe
That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out. Chris Abani