“Missing someone is like hearing a name sung quietly from somewhere behind you. Even after you know no one is there, you keep looking back.” KnowsNamesBehindsMissingHearingLooking BackMissing SomeoneBehind You Author:Tim Seibles
“I started to wonder, and felt relieved that there might be truth to the idea of intellectuals all being frauds. I knew that I certainly was.” IdeasMightFeltWonderFraudRelieved Author:Marie Calloway
“I will be a commodity, and I will be in demand and valuable.” DemandValuableCommodity Author:Marie Calloway
“I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.” LooksAsksPaintingJust Realized Author:Scott McClanahan
“Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest.” NeedsShouldWritingLongEnoughInterestSkirts Author:Scott McClanahan
“Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are usually the books you see on display at Barnes and Noble. These Internet writers are like literary terrorists to me. They're training as we speak. They're getting ready to invade. They're building an army.” BookSpeakNiceWrittenBuildingReadyReaderInternetSafeTrainingBuiltArmyClubsNobleTerroristExceptionDisplayBook Club Author:Scott McClanahan
“I think anyone who gets the Nobel Prize has to be a little bit embarrassed to be picked out when there have been so many people who have contributed.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHas BeensBitsLittle BitPrizeEmbarrassedNobelNobel Prize Author:Christopher A. Sims
“There isn't much political coloration in my economic writing; it's not surprising that few people know my political views. They really aren't very important.” PeopleKnowsWritingImportantPoliticalViewsEconomicSurprisingPolitical View Author:Christopher A. Sims
“Fear cannot touch me… It can only taunt me, It cannot take me, Just tell me where to go… I can either follow, Or stay in my bed… I can hold on To the things that I know… The dead stay dead, They cannot walk. The shadows are darkness. And darkness cannot talk” KnowsI CanFearWalksDarknessBedShadowTake MeTouch MeTaunting Book:A Density of Souls Source: A Density of Souls
“Make a beautiful mess and clean it up later.” BeautifulCleanMessBeautiful Mess Author:Christopher Rice