Quotessence
Home / Quotes / I Quotes

I Quotes

Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.

All I Quotes

“I always thought books were just the canon, things I couldn't identify with. And then I was introduced to really amazing multicultural literature - it was all things I was trying to do unsuccessfully in my poetry. It really just changed everything. I was introduced to authors like Sandra Cisneros, Gabriel García Márquez, Junot Díaz, and a lot of African American literature, as well.”

TryingWellsBookLiteratureChangedAll ThingsAfrican AmericanMulticulturalGabrielAmerican LiteratureCanonReally Amazing
Author:Matt de la Pena
Create image

“I always thought Cyrano De Bergerac was a coward. He could fight a hundred swordsmen, but he was afraid of his nose, and he was afraid of Roxanne. Jam as cowardly as anybody about facing my fears. So, you spend your you years as an artist fighting those hundred people that you happen not to fear. Then you wake up one morning and realize all this time you're afraid of your nose. That's what you're going to have to face for the rest of your life. And you don't feel very courageous. But, if you don't face it, you dry up as an artist.”

PeopleIfsFeelsYearsHappensFacesArtistFightingRealizingMorningHundredWake UpNosesDryCourageousCowardRest Of Your LifeJamCowardlyDry UpSwordsman
Author:Michael Ventura
Create image

“I always thought fainting showed an inherent weakness of character, but I understood it now. It was an act of self-preservation. Confronted by emotion too extreme to handle, the body shuts down to keep from running around like a chicken with its head cut off, potentially injuring itself.”

SelfCharacterBodyRunningEmotionCuttingUnderstoodWeaknessExtremesHandleChickensInherentPreservationSelf PreservationFaintingWeakness Of Character
Author:Karen Marie Moning
Create image

“I always thought I had to earn God's love and approval. I kept trying, but it never seemed like I could do it, and I thought, "Man, what's wrong with me?" A friend of mine was like, "Man, you're full of it. You're trying to do what Christ has already done: You're trying to earn your salvation and you can't - it's a free gift." It sounded too good to be true. He said, "You need to start reading the Bible for yourself and stop taking everyone else's word for it." When I really started to do this, I realized God loved me no matter what.”

MenTryingDoneReadingChristSalvationI RealizedBeing TrueGod LoveToo Good To Be True
Author:Jay Bakker
Create image