Emily St. John Mandel Quotes
First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.
Emily St. John Mandel
Quotes to Explore
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
Taron Egerton
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.
Naomi Benaron
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Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.
Wendy Kopp
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
Maddie Hasson
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
Quvenzhane Wallis
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The British people have the right to decide - have the right to decide whether or not they want to be part of the E.U. And I shouldn't interfere in this.
Carles Puigdemont
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Writers since at least the heyday of Gore Vidal have bemoaned their audience's defection to other forms of entertainment.
Garth Risk Hallberg
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I used to say to my bubbe, 'Bubbe, is this story true?' And she'd say, 'Of course it's true! But it may not have happened.' What my bubbe was saying is profound: All stories are true. The truth is the journey you take through it - did it make you laugh, cry, seek and want justice? Then it's true.
Patricia Polacco
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Infants have around 30,000 tastebuds, only about a third of which survive into adulthood, so a child's sensitivity towards extremes of sweet, sour and bitter flavours is heightened.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.
Terry Brooks
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First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.
Emily St. John Mandel
