"If he is smart, he will run. He is not."

-- R.L. LaFevers

#Running Quotes #Smart Quotes

“I go through the text making sure I haven't used any big words. If I find any fancy adjectives have crept in, I replace them with small words like 'nice' and 'big'. I've liked these words ever since I was told not to use them in English class at school. After that, I check that the sentences are short so as people won't get confused and I shorten all the chapters so they won't get bored. I can't read anything complicated these days, my attention span is too short. Everyone else probably feels the same.”
“A poem employs both the sound and the sense of language, it treats words not just as signifiers but as a plastic medium of artistic expression.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.”
“The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.”
“Every American carries in his bloodstream the heritage of the malcontent and the dreamer.”
“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”
“Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, nor condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.”
“We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”

Source : Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.211, Jules Verne

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