“The sequoias belong to the silences of the milleniums. Many of them have seen a hundred human generations rise, give off their little clamors and perish. They seem indeed to be forms of immortality standing here amoing the transitory shapes of time.” GivingHumansLittlesSeemsFormSilenceGenerationsShapesHundredStandingImmortalityTransitoryClamor Author:Edwin Markham
“Still, these days when I daydream about the movie, I don't think about the big picture. It's more fun for me to think of little things that would add to the movie. I like to think the powers that be would let me amuse myself with some small things in order to shut me up while they re-write the screenplay to turn Kvothe into a lesbian, shape-changing unicorn.” ThinkingWritingLittlesStillsBigsOrderTurnsFunShapesLet MeAddThese DaysLittle ThingsSmall ThingsScreenplaysDaydreamingUnicornBig PictureKvothe Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Words can be twisted into any shape. Promises can be made to lull the heart and seduce the soul. In the final analysis, words mean nothing. They are labels we give things in an effort to wrap our puny little brains around their underlying natures, when ninety-nine percent of the time the totality of the reality is an entirely different beast. The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.” MenLifeGivingHeartMeanLittlesMadeDifferentSoulRealityActionEffortBrainJudgingPromiseShapesPercentSilentFinalsNineLabelsAnalysisBeastNinetyTwistedWrapsWisestTotalitySeducingNinety NineLullsWisest ManWords Mean Nothing Author:Karen Marie Moning
“The physical reinvention of the world is endless, relentless, fascinating, exhaustive; nothing that seems solid is. If you could stand at just a little distance in time, how fluid and shape-shifting physical reality would be, everything hurrying into some other form, even concrete, even stone.” IfsWorldLittlesRealitySeemsWould BeFormShapesStonesDistanceEndlessFascinatingConcreteShiftingRelentlessFluidHurryingReinvention Author:Mark Doty