"You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there's no free lunch. Writing is work. It's also gambling. You don't get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but Âessentially you're on your own. Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don't whine."

-- Margaret Atwood

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes

“See here, for our comfort, a sweet agreement of all three persons: the Father giveth a commission to Christ; the Spirit furnisheth and sanctifieth to it; Christ himself executeth the office of a Mediator. Our redemption is founded upon the joint agreement of all three persons of the Trinity.”
“When the women get the vote, we'll spend more money on the children.”

Source : Ernest Poole (2015). “His Family”, p.111, Booklassic
“You are transformed by beholding, not by working.”
“If I'm not telling you something, it's for a reason. Just because you trust me, it doesn't mean I have to automatically trust you. Trust doesn't work like that.”
“"Growth!" is not a Hedgehog Concept. Rather, if you have the right Hedgehog Concept and make decisions relentlessly consistent with it, you will create such momentum that your main problem will not be how to grow, but how not to grow too fast.”
“Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep.”

Source : Samuel R. Delany (1977). “Triton”, Macmillan Reference USA
“I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world.”
“One's appreciation of nature is never more acuet than when a bit of nature is injected into one's flesh.”

Source : "The Pleasures of Entomology".

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