Random Inspirational Quotes

"...all of our laments could not add a single second to her life, not one additional beat of the heart, nor a breath."

"Preparation [10w] Hope for the best, but prepare for your insufferable wife."

"Persistence, perseverance, and continuous improvement are the ingredients for forming a successful person."

"Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded stakes with such precision would carefully brush the hair out of my face. The eyes that could astutely spot any danger in the area would regard me wonderingly and worshipfully, like I was the most beautiful and amazing woman in the world."

"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities."

"No words for a long time. Which is fine, because even the most important ones-- I love you. I'm sorry. Forgive me? I'm here-- are only stand-ins for what you can say better without talking at all."

"Forgiveness is God's greatest gift"

"She is like a dancing flower; her smiles are spreading love for the whole world."

"Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show up. You get into the habit of writing every day so that when she shows up, you have the maximum chance of catching her, bashing her on the head, and squeezing every last drop out of that bitch."

"All right I think we've been down here in the dark long enough. There's a whole other world upstairs. Take my hand Constant Reader and I'll be happy to lead you back into the sunshine. I'm happy to go there because I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of."

"It's the mortal cup Jace, not the mortal toilet bowl."

"That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story."

"Faith is love taking the form of aspiration."

"I like the immaterial world. I like to live among thoughts and images of the past and the possible, and even of the impossible, now and then."

"Ars Poetica: Dovetailing Collage [10w] Poems should be a dovetailing collage not a linear cohesion."

"To become a true global citizen, one must abandon all notions of 'otherness' and instead embrace 'togetherness'."

"Be wise enough to forgive; be kind enough to love."

"My ashtray is full, the carton of cigarettes is empty, and I just cremated grandpa. But I never inhaled—or told him I loved him."

"I used the boos, and not the booze, as motivation. That led to applause, which I drank up like an alcoholic. I need a refill."

"When I see my own people going through the tough times, it's a wake-up call. I hope my influence can impact someone else's decision to get out here and vote."