Taken from Goodreads Daily Quotes

  • An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. Niels Bohr
  • Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  • Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed; it cannot be ignored. Patricia A. McKillip
  • In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams
  • Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. Shel Silverstein
  • Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood. Jane Yolen
  • Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul. Toni Morrison
  • Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other. John Steinbeck
  • Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Winston S. Churchill
  • Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx
  • Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Philip K. Dick
  • Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way. Steve Martin
  • Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. Charles Bukowski
  • Time is the longest distance between two places. Tennessee Williams
  • Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected. Charles Lamb
  • We are all born mad. Some remain so. Samuel Beckett
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