Ellen Buckingham Mathews Quotes
It is always the men we won't allow to make love to us, who take our characters away.
Quotes to Explore
-
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
-
If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.
-
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
-
Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.
Mandy Bujold -
Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.
-
In prose, you have a lot more room for digression, for very meaty kinds of dialogues. In graphic novels, you're writing haiku-length dialogue. Your job is to be efficient, to get out of the way of the art.
-
A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm too old for the silly party, so I had to join the stupid party.
-
What I'm interested in is human beings alone.
-
There's definitely stories I would like to tell; I'd like to see more films focusing on women's lives.
-
In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon. And there's this strange thing: you're never sort of hidden; you always feel exposed in that landscape. But it makes it very beautiful as well.
-
I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.
-
My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
-
I have men in my life. I have a brother. So Maddox will have male teachers. I was raised without a father.
-
If you think of play as being in things, there are things that are playable, then it becomes the work of figuring out what a thing can do.
-
...and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied to his foot with a piece of string.
-
Sometimes, when I talk to someone who has just been diagnosed with cancer or some other illness, I'll remind them: "If you were honest with yourself, you were depressed before this happened. And if this were over you would be happy for a couple of weeks, a couple of months, and then something else would come along."
-
The warrior's gift is to willingly storm Hell that Heaven may remain unstained.
-
Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.
-
Michael Koryta is that rare author who is at once a compelling story teller and a fantastic writer. From the first sentence of THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, you'll be under his spell. His characters are living, breathing people you'll care about; his setting is a place you'll visit and stay-long after you've decided to leave because you're scared. You can't leave; you're trapped. There are too many nerve-jangling, beautifully written, razor sharp moments and you won't want to miss a single one. This is an absolute sizzler.
-
I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.
-
I think that marriage is beautiful. And if it's a partnership with someone you love, then it really is beautiful. Yeah, I think that marriage does work.
-
It is always the men we won't allow to make love to us, who take our characters away.
