"Trust me, I'm telling you stories."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Stories Quotes #Trust Me Quotes

“Science has revealed a universe that is vast, ancient, violent, strange, and beautiful, a universe of almost infinite variety and possibility one in which time can end in a black hole, and conscious beings can evolve from a soup of minerals.”

Source : Deepak Chopra, Leonard Mlodinow (2011). “War of the Worldviews: Where Science and Spirituality Meet -- and Do Not”, p.12, Harmony
“You buy a movie, you should get it anywhere you want it. You pay for a network, you should have that anywhere you want. Same thing with a magazine.”
“Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only he who is helpless can truly pray. Your helplessness is your best. prayer.”

Source : Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing
“Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.”
“What is an editor but a cross between a fall guy and a father figure? arthur koestler”
“We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human.”
“I feel a lot of sympathy for the young women I've written about, including Younger Janice. I think that all of them (me in Girlbomb, Samantha in Have You Found Her, and Elizabeth in I, Liar) had some early family trauma that contributed to their dysfunctional methods of dealing with the world, but I wouldn't call them/myself victims - survivors, maybe, but not victims. Nor do I think of them/myself as con artists.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“When Courtney's mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it. You don't have to try to impress your kids. If they're not getting what they need from you, they will let you know.”

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