"Some of my friends said, 'You are nuts.' But I think I am right."

-- George Nethercutt

#Thinking Quotes #Nuts Quotes #Said Quotes

“... and we are not alone in this slavery. there are millions of others throughout the world, of all colors and races and creeds. this we must remember. there are many of our people who hate the poor of the white race, and they hate us. the people in this town living by the river who work in the mills. people who are almost as much in need as we are ourselves. this hatred is a great evil, and no good can ever come from it... the injustice of need must bring us all together and not separate us. we must remember that we all make the things of this earth of value because of labor.”
“In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen mask first, to better assist the children with theirs. The same tactic is necessary on terra firma. There's no way of sustaining our children if we don't first rescue ourselves. I don't call that selfish behavior. I call it love.”
“Smoking is similar to hitting yourself over the head with a hammer because, when you stop, you feel better”
“The way that I see third person is it's actually first person. Writing for me is all voice work. Third person narrative is just as character-driven as first person narrative for me in terms of a voice. I don't write very much in third person.”
“Life is composed of different inventions.”
“Some people would be discontented in Paradise, others ... are cheerful in a graveyard.”
“Her world had shrunk - no matter who she was with, she'd prefer to be with him. That's what happened when you fell in love - you only want to see them.”
“Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.”

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