#view

If you want to discover the true character of a person, you have only to observe what they are passionate about. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#causes #character #interests #judgement #passionate

It was something of a mystery how a couple of teenage girls had managed to escape detection for two years, especially when one of them was a privileged Moroi princess and the other a delinquent dhampir with a disciplinary file so long that it broke school records. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#dimitri-s-point-of-view #richelle-mead #romitri #rose-hathaway #vampire-academy

As I’d observed, it was clear that Rose was willing to do anything and fight anyone to protect her friend. I admired that—I admired that a lot—but it didn’t stop me from striking out to block her. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #rose-hathaway #vampire-academy #rose-hathaway

I walked home, seeing all my doubt from the other side. Have you ever seen that? Like when you go on holiday. On the way back, everything is the same but it looks a little different than it did on the way. It's because you're seeing it backwards. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#life #perception #view #home

No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational-quotes #experience

There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#the-paris-review #wisecrack #wit #humor

My name is Kevin James Breaux and I am an author. Why does that always sound like I am introducing myself at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting? ↗

— Kevin James Breaux

#interview #humor

Interviewer: Have you ever considered writing nonfiction? Mary Doria Russell: Oh, honey, I did! Let's see...There was "A Reconsideration of the Evidence for Cannibalism at the Krapina Neandertal Site." That was a big hit. And who could ever forget "Cutmarks on the Engis II Calvarium"? Then there was "Browridge Development as a Function of Bending Stress in the Supraorbital Region." I got tons of reprint requests for that one. Trust me fiction is better. ↗

— Mary Doria Russell

#humor #interviews #science #humor

Self editing is the path to the dark side. Self editing leads to self delusion, self delusion leads to missed mistakes, missed mistakes lead to bad reviews. Bad reviews are the tools of the dark side. ↗

— Eric T. Benoit

#humor #reviews #yoda #humor

It's a very remarkable story." "Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away. ↗

— James Hilton

#remarkable #review #story #humor