#elle

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

#always #certainty #clarity #fascinating #finds

If privacy ends where hypocrisy begins, Kitty Kelley's steamy expose is a contribution to contemporary history. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#contemporary #contemporary history #contribution #ends #expose

I think it's also the case that I'm not as widely travelled, or as well-educated in history, as most of the other novelists I meet: so I have to write about my own country, at the present time, because it's more or less all I know about! ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#also #because #case #country #history

The training part," I guessed. "Yup. You're going to be Dimitri's partner." A moment of funny silence fell, probably not noticeable to anyone except Dimitri and me. Our eyes met. "Guarding partner," Dimitri clarified unnecessarily, like maybe he too had been thinking of other kinds of partners. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #rose #vampier-acadmey #funny

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#article #book #born #come #i

I have lost my spark, I'm told, and should seek to rekindle it.  Respecting the messenger, I wonder if this is true.  I feel as if my spark endures, but having opened up to the world so bright, perhaps it no longer shines by comparison.  So, without a word, I slip back into seclusion to nurture my beautiful inner glow. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#inner-glow #richelle #richelle-goodrich #spark #beauty

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#depends #development #effort #growth #intellectually

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#absolutely #beautiful #best #bunch #chose

It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#borne #engine #excellent #fire #formidable

Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#between #certain #certain things #form #idea