Quotes of the day, September 13

Mom. She always says to look at the big picture. How all of the little things don't matter in the long run. . . I know that Mom is right about the big picture. But Dad is right too: Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other. The dots matter.

Rebecca Stead

• Running
• Picture
• Bunch

Chess you don't learn, chess you understand.

Viktor Korchnoi

• Chess

I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.

Karl Lagerfeld

• Long
• Mask
• Caricatures

Reality and Fiction are different in that fiction has to make sense.

Ray Bradbury

• Different
• Reality
• Fiction

I like all my characters in one way or another, or at least I understand them.

Julie Kagawa

• Understand
• Characters

All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.

Rudyard Kipling

• Country
• Money
• Reputation