« Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? »
« That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. »
« I don’t much care where – »
« Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

Lewis Carrol

Every country trembled before him, fear was in their hearts; all the rebels came bowing down for fear of the fame of his majesty.

The Battle of Kadesh, Ramses II – 1273 BC

What is your advice to young writers?
“Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.”

Charles Bukowski

Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’

I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!

Lewis Carroll

End?

No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Being sexy is all about attitude, not body type. It’s a state of mind.

Amisha Patel

He thought, Yeah. Yeah, non-smokers live seven years longer. Which seven will be subtracted by the god called Time? It won’t be that convulsive, heart-bursting spell between twenty-eight and thirty-five. No. It’ll be that really cool bit between eighty-six and ninety-three.

Martin Amis

Don’t let someone else catch your dreams. You are the dream catcher.

Author unknown

Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time. If you’re sleepy, go to bed and save the next chapter for tomorrow. For the magician’s story, you must have all your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed.

Pseudonymous Bosch

It is always a good idea to confirm your pick up point on the phone when you book a cab.

Unknown author

It’s so curious: one can resist tears and ‘behave’ very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer… and everything collapses.

Colette

Inside every mummy is a story waiting to be told.

Unknown author

A plan is the transport medium which conveys a person from the station of dreams to the destination of success. Goals are the transport fees.

Israelmore Ayivor

When you wake up in the morning, Pooh, » said Piglet at last, « what’s the first thing you say to yourself? »

« What’s for breakfast? » said Pooh. « What do you say, Piglet? »

« I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today? » said Piglet.

Pooh nodded thoughtfully. « It’s the same thing, » he said.

A.A. Milne

Be faithful to your own taste, because nothing you really like is ever out of style.

Billy Baldwin

Mysteries are the evidence to errors in our religious and historical precepts.

Matthew A. Petti

Green smiled at me, all that compassion in his eyes, and he cupped my face in his hands, as
though it were delicate, and precious. « You must never leave me,” he said solemnly. « You may take as many lovers as you want, but you must promise to always be here to make me feel like I can do all that needs to be done.

Amy Lane

If it itches, scratch it.

Unknown author

The queen’s eyes smouldered. « I know my own kind when I see them, and right now there is one in these city walls. » She pointed a finger toward the balcony. »I want her found and brought to me. »
« Right, » said Kai, »that’ll be no problem in a city of two and a half million people ».

Marissa Meyer

On the road again, goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again, and I can’t wait to get on the road again.

Willie Nelson

Someone once told me not to bite off more than I could chew. I told them I’d rather choke on greatness than nibble on mediocrity.

Unknown author

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

Thomas Keller

Yeah… everything is images for me. Bits and pieces coming together in pictures.” He grinned. “I see good fortune as dragons, and…” he turned the cup, pointing at a rippling shape along the edge, “and that thing there is definitely a dragon. Whoever this person is – this tall guy you talk to – it’s a good thing for you. Some kind of resolution, and a change for the future…”

Danika Stone

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away.

Johnny Cash

Creativity takes courage.

Henri Matisse

Travelling is like flirting with life.

It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station’.

Lisa St Aubin de Terán

Babies are bits of stardust blown from the hand of God.

Barretto

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.

Friedrich Nietzsche

What can I tell you about the alchemy of twins?
Twins are two bodies that dance to each other’s joy.
Two minds that drown in each other’s despair.
Two spirits that fly with each other’s love.
Twins are two separate beings conjoined at the heart!

Kamand Kojouri

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Amelia Earhart

I’m hungry for a juicy life. I lean out my window at night and I can taste it out there, just waiting for me.

Brigid Lowry