"The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint."

-- Sxip Shirey

#Way Quotes #Folks Quotes #Approach Quotes

“I think that the solution of the question of numerical superiority of Russian conventional forces has to be solved.”

Source : "War and Peace in the Nuclear Age". "Zero Hour", openvault.wgbh.org. 1987.
“The thing is, that when you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.”

Source : Kate Jacobs (2012). “The Friday Night Knitting Club”, p.47, Hachette UK
“The preponderance of South Africa is a different breed of man. I mean that with no disrespect. I say that with great respect. I love them because I'm one of them. They are still people of the earth, but they are different. They still put bones in their noses, they still walk around naked, they wipe their butts with their hands. And when I kill an antelope for 'em, their preference is the gut pile.”
“I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.”
“Once I became an adult and started to pursue writing as a professional career, I realized my main characters were always young people. My stories naturally center around children and teenagers. I think it's because I have worked with youth for about twelve years. The pains and joys of adolescents are moments I witness on a daily basis, so their stories are always with me as I write.”
“If you want to be a dear old lady at seventy you have to begin early, say about seventeen.”
“Words were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross.”

Source : "Tigana". Book by Guy Gavriel Kay, 1990.
“You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good to humble ourselves; but it is much more worthwhile to accept the humiliations that come to us from others.”

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