“People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, persuasive force in existence.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“You are never persuasive when you're abrasive.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
“I meant you're very, very persuasive and I doubt I'd resist for long if you set your mind to convincing me."
"Say no sometime. Let me persuade you.”
Source: Liberating Lacey
“I shall see you again, if I have to set the world on fire for that." - The Three Musketeers”
Source: The Four Musketeers
“YOU are YOU! Know YOU can! YOU must not be afraid because God has a prosperous future plan for YOU! YOU got to know YOU! Guess who you are? YOU are a blessing to all others especially me!”
“I believe it was Thursday; my last memory was Tuesday night, and I did not use to die more than two days in a row.”
Source: A Story of Yesterday
“We do not like the truth because it is simple, we do not want the truth because it is hard, and we do not trust the truth because it is free.
Perhaps because many are idealists and publishing is so frustrating, writers are particularly vulnerable to believing in those who offer hope in exchange for cash. Writers know life is tough and we all want to think of an easier way. Maybe for a rare few, there is. If you count on that, you are a chump and somebody is going to take your money and break your heart.”
Source: 78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and 14 Reasons Why It Just Might
“I drink too much. I smoke too much. I eat like a college student, and I don't exercise enough. I do drugs and I give my love to boys who hate me a little bit and I don't always wash my hands after I clean the litterbox. But I'm absolutely certain the thing that will one day stop my heart for good is the inchoate rage I feel when I read over something I've published and discover a typo.”
“Onomatopoeia is onomatopoeia for mashing your hands unthinkingly but hopefully onto a keyboard.”
Source: The Liar's Dictionary
“We’re surrounded by typos.”
Source: The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time