#ible

So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to find some little seed crystal of interest, a sentence or an image or an idea, and as much as possible divest myself of any deep ideas about it. And then by this process of revision, mysteriously it starts to accrete meanings as you go. ↗

— George Saunders

#any #approach #become #crystal #deep

We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. ↗

— George Saunders

#bonus #character #clients #convey #deciding

My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#any #conversation #hard #i #initiate

The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#extent #few #history #known #languages

Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop there every day for a year and capture how it changes, then put it all together to create an incredible image of a traditional English scene. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#changes #couple #create #day #ducks

The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it. ↗

— Dan Savage

#civil #civil war #document #heads #justified

When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#flawed #invisible #negative #our #perfect

I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#first #gay #heterosexuality #i #i think

The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#convinced #far #first #first thing #man

A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#card #does #flesh #invisible #press