"I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally, if their name was associated with me"

-- Susie Bright

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Hard Times Quotes

“There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.”
“Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.”
“Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact that algebra and geometry are different in appearance. Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.”
“We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down.”

Source : Alexandre Dumas fils (2004). “Camille”, p.97, Penguin
“It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.”
“God [is] the author of the universe, and the free establisher of the laws of motion.”

Source : Robert Boyle (2000). “The Works of Robert Boyle: Publications of 1674 - 6”
“Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they are capable of laughing like hyenas. When something touches their emotions, it runs through them like Paul Revere, awakening feelings that gather into great armies.”
“But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.”

Source : Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.417, Oxford University Press

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