"I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Writing Quotes #Fables Quotes #Break Quotes

“Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself.”

Source : George Gaylord Simpson (1967). “The Meaning of Evolution: A Study of the History of Life and of Its Significance for Man”, p.345, Yale University Press
“Movement, or physical activity, is thus an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. Through movement we come in contact with external reality, and it is through these contacts that we eventually acquire even abstract ideas.”
“Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.”
“Ideas can no more flow backward than can a river.”
“Ultimately, we become aware of most of what is going on within us mainly through the muscles.”
“We seem okay with violence, but nudity we race to criticize and censor.”
“You are not alone in the world. You are part of an ensemble.”
“Though he had very little Latin beyond "Cave canem," he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty leather binding).”

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