Quotes of: C-s-lewis Keyword

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.

Sloan Wilson

I've never really had any trouble coming up with ideas; they just grow, like weeds. The weeding is the hard part.

Stuart Woods

Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.

Ted Dekker

It's neither and it's both. That's the perfect kind of art. Labels only detract from the artist's intention.

Ted Dekker

In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.

Tabitha King

I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.

Tao Lin

does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction

Tao Lin

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

Tea Obreht

My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very supportive.

Tea Obreht

Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be

Tea Obreht

Without so much as turning a hair I freely admit that I am one of America's greatest realists.

Thorne Smith

There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.

Jo Walton

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college.

Jennifer Weiner

I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching 'Scooby Doo.'

Kelley Armstrong

I often set two alarm clocks because I'm afraid the first one won't actually make me get up.

Kurt Andersen

I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.

Kage Baker

He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird

Karen Chance

The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it.

Kiran Desai

Out there is South Dakota," Kitch had said, "Matt said they treated Fern like some kind of animal.

Karen Joy Fowler

Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child.

Kate Forsyth

I hate clocks. They tick. Other things make noises in their time and need, but clocks mechanically beat the seconds to death.

Kerry Greenwood