Melody Carlson Quotes

Mostly I think I've learned to trust God more. I mean, if I start getting worried or freaked, I just try to put it in God's hands. Sometimes I imagine God cradling the globe in his hands, and I tell myself that as long as I'm with God, the Creator of the universe, I can be comfortable and at home anyplace on the planet.

Melody Carlson

Quotes to Explore

I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.

Rachel Kushner
- Music
- Different
- Why
I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.

Dakota Fanning
- Love
- Relationship
- Day
Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.

Tariq Ramadan
- Political
- Fear
- Emotional
The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.

E. M. Forster
- King
- Grief
- Queen
Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.

Mahershala Ali
- Up
- Work
- School
I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.

Yotam Ottolenghi
- Own
- Too Much
- Admit