135 quotes found
Novelist · American
American novelist
“Relief is a great feeling.Its the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and struggle. A time to bask in the lack of the neg”
“It's a commonly expressed and rather nice, romantic notion that we are all "sisters" and "brot”
“It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy it -- in our own small ways -- by every choice we make and every tiniest...”
“The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface.The desert is a place of bones, where the innards are turned out, to desiccate into dust.The ocean is a place of skin, rich outer me...”
“A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the moon is made of green cheese. Some still do, to this day. The man on the moon is looking down and laughing.”
“The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.”
“The other day, when I was deciding where to place a mountain range, how to make a river's flow detour around underground stalactite caves, and what precise color to give the sky at sunset, I realiz...”
“Some women seem so voluptuous in every sense, richly bountiful and fertile with generous gifts of plenty, sensual and confident in their female strength that they are called "earth mot”
“A woman is human.She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man.Likewise, she is never less.Equality is a given.A woman is human.”
“Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absol...”
“Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.”
“We are all glorified motion sensors.Some things only become visible to us when they undergo change.We take for granted all the constant, fixed things, and eventually stop paying any attention to th...”
“Passion and courtesy are two polar opposite traits that serve to balance each other into a full-blooded whole.Without socialization, passion is a crude barbarian, and without passion, the elegant a...”
“Believe it or not, the notions of free will and destiny are not mutually exclusive.Predestination is the universal framework of limits (based on natural physical laws) placed upon us.Free will is o...”
“It is interesting that we call something good a dream, but being called a dreamer is somewhat of a putdown.Without dreamers, no dream would ever be given reality, and we would live in a very small ...”
“One of the strangest things is the act of creation.You are faced with a blank slatea page, a canvas, a block of stone or wood, a silent musical instr”
“Creativity is not so much a boundless well, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of elements for your creative endeavor.Eventually you've eaten your fill, and it's time to digest and then make something.B...”
“Know, child, that the One GodHe is so vast that He cannot be moved, else the Universe falls. Nor can He answer, for the very act of opening His Mouth is Movement, indeed the greatest Act of all, fo...”
“Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.”
“On this material plane, each living being is like a street lantern lamp with a dirty lampshade.The inside flame burns evenly and is of the same quality as all the resthence all of us are equal in t...”
