Quotes by Canadian Authors - Page 40

Acting is such a desperately futile profession anyway. Playing out the lives of other men. Knowing of their failures and successes long before they ever do. Living, suffering, murdering, dying … all in the space of three hours. Sometimes only two. And in such a confined little area. And over and over again every night. Can you imagine anything more perfectly stupid? Squeezing a whole existence into a measly evening’s entertainment on the stage? And not only that – in the middle of it all – pausing for an intermission. It makes one’s own life seem unbearably preposterous, doesn’t it?
Morris Panych
«Such is the irony of life,» Kruppe proclaimed, raising one pastry-filled hand over his head, «that one learns to distrust the obvious, surrendering instead to insidious suspicion and confused conclusion. But, is Kruppe deceived? Can an eel swim? Hurrah, these seeming muddy waters are home to Kruppe, and his eyes are wide with wonder.»
Steven Erikson
You don't buy poetry. (Neither do I.)Why?You cannot afford it? Bosh! You spendEditions de luxe on a thirsty friend.You can buy any one of the poetry bunchFor the price you pay for a business lunch. Don't you suppose that a hungry head,Like an empty stomach, ought to be fed?Looking into myself, I find this true, So I hardly can figure it false in you.
Edmund Vance Cooke
Wait!" said Erbrechen, suddenly feeling jovial. "I change my mind. Never shite again. Ever. Anywhere."It was a small thing, but of such small things were life's joys truly made. The thought, he knew, would keep him smiling for days."The world is a comedy, intoned Erbrechen, tittering, "and each must play his fart.
Michael R. Fletcher
i've heard this called st. peter's square," arlene said. "but it isn't square. it's oval.
David Morrell
I won’t have people judging you because of this.
Bianca Sommerland
This is going to hurt, isn’t it?”“Yes it is.””Am I allowed to call you nam
Bianca Sommerland
I need your submission too, but only if it’s real. If you’re really not feeling it, then don’t pretend. Make me earn it.
Bianca Sommerland
Ryder had her laptop. He had access to all of her saved porn. All of it. And there was a lot. Like, more than there reasonably should be.
Helena Hunting
I selected you because you’re very beautiful and you have an incredibly curvaceous body. I was turned on by you the second I saw your photo. – Bryce Van Der Linden | Unbearable Passion (Book 1), Never Say Never
Scarlett Avery
It should be illegal to have such a hot little body as yours." —Bryce Van Der Linden Unbearable Passion (Book 1), Never Say Never
Scarlett Avery
It should be illegal to have such a hot little body as yours." —Bryce Van Der Linden | Unbearable Passion (Book 1), Never Say Never
Scarlett Avery
I’m going to ear you like a starved man and I want you to keep your eyes on me the whole time. Are we clear?” – The Seduction Factor Casual Encounter 1
Scarlett Avery
I want a second serving of you. I’m hard just thinking of your perfect breasts and hard nipples.” —Bryce Van Der Linden (Never Say Never, Unbearable Passion, #1)
Scarlett Avery
He pokes a finger inside me as he plays with my wetness.” —Sofia Herrera (French Kiss, Unbearable Passion, #2)
Scarlett Avery
He starts kissing my back and I shiver.” —Sofia Herrera (Exposed, Unbearable Passion, #3)
Scarlett Avery
You taste so good. I love making you come with my mouth.” —Bryce Van Der Linden (French Kiss, Unbearable Passion, #2)
Scarlett Avery
Oh God, your cock is going to be the end of me.” —Sofia Herrera (Exposed, Unbearable Passion, #3)
Scarlett Avery
Save a horse. Ride a cowboy... or two!
Scarlett Avery
This sizzling menage romance series is the hottest book you'll have read in a really long time!
Scarlett Avery
Masturbating in front of him while talking dirty brings me far more pleasure than I expected…” —Sofia Herrera (French Kiss, Unbearable Passion, #2)
Scarlett Avery
Just when you think things can't get any naughtier... they do!
Scarlett Avery
Jake and Hunter will make you forget all other book boyfriends you thought you loved!
Scarlett Avery
I want to score this book 10. —KazkgbBillionaire's Indulgence #1
Scarlett Avery
Hot, raunchy and funny. —GiveMeBooks
Scarlett Avery
Keep a big glass of cool water close while reading this one. —Margaret Smith
Scarlett Avery
Hang on for a wild ride full of domineering and sexy as sin stallions! —Speedefrog
Scarlett Avery
I couldn't put it down. —Boots
Scarlett Avery
Holy DAMN was that HOT! —Kimberly Treamer
Scarlett Avery
Xander and Ethan are sex gods ALL THE WAY. —Nonna8359
Scarlett Avery
Over the top sex —Actionjackson
Scarlett Avery
I couldn’t put it down.”— ERIN D
Scarlett Avery
Intoxicating”— Shannon
Scarlett Avery
Love Scarlett Avery’'s books period!”— Nonna8359
Scarlett Avery
The Seduction Factor was a very hot and romantic series.”— Colorado Cowgirl
Scarlett Avery
I have read numerous books by Scarlett Avery and I have not been disappointed. —kristina pelka
Scarlett Avery
I love how Scarlett Avery has a way of making the stories come to life. —P brad
Scarlett Avery
In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match.
Yann Martel
Your private self must become the same as your public self.
John Kuypers
The present moment is the definition of eternity. It has never not been the present moment. This isn't scriptural or unscriptural - it is merely a logical fact.
John Kuypers
Learning how to recognize and act on your Inner Knowing is the greatest tool for discovering what's important now by living in the present.
John Kuypers
most of us can only deny short-term pleasures because we see a realistic path between self-denial now and something better down the road.
David Brooks
And she knew that her fate wasn't set by how or where she was born, but the decisions she made and the battles she fought. It didn't matter if she had eight toes or ten, amber eyes or blue. What mattered was what she set out to do.
Robert Beatty
Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.
Bob Proctor
You’re a loner in body, mind, and soul. A writer who spends a day of solitude in the office is plagued by a mind that travels with the body. The work never stops.
Bruce Obee
No matter how many books I write, I will eventually get to fiction. That is where I'm going.
Neil Young
I do enjoy writing, and I hope someone gets something interesting out of this book. I already have. Now, If I ever have to write a book that is not about me, I may be totally stumped and have writer's block. We will see. Writing is very convenient, has a low expense and is a great way to pass the time. I highly recommend it to any old rocker who is out of cash and doesn't know what to do next. You could hire someone to write it for you if you can't write it yourself. That doesn't seem to matter. Just don't hire some sweaty hack who asks you questions for years and twists them into his own vision of what is right or wrong. Try to avoid doing that.
Neil Young
Don't give in to doubt. Never be discouraged if your first draft isn't what you thought it would be. Given skill and a story that compels you, muster your determination and make what's on the page closer to what you have in your mind. The chances are that you'll never make them identical. That's one reason I'm still hitting the keyboard. Obsessed by the secrets of my past, I try to put metaphorical versions of them on the page, but each time, no matter how honest and hard my effort, what's in my mind hasn't been fully expressed, compelling me to keep trying. To paraphrase a passage from John Barth's "Lost in the Funhouse," I'll die telling stories to myself in the dark. But there's never enough time. There was never enough time.
David Morrell
So they spread the paintings on the lawn, and the boy explained each of them. "This is the school, and this is the playground, and these are my friends." He stared at the paintings for a long time and then shook his head in discouragement. "In my mind, they were a whole lot better."Isn't that the truth? Every morning, I go to my desk and reread yesterday's pages, only to be discouraged that the prose isn't as good as it seemed during the excitement of composition. In my mind, it was a whole lot better.Don't give in to doubt. Never be discouraged if your first draft isn't what you thought it would be. Given skill and a story that compels you, muster your determination and make what's on the page closer to what you have in your mind.
David Morrell
But I did not want to be good. I wanted to be a writer.
Isabel Huggan
Words writers choose are like a glimmering reflection into our souls.
Lee Bice-Matheson
Writing, for me, makes the world shiver and flame with meaning.
Lauren B. Davis
My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place.
Pierre Berton
You never have to change anything you get up in the middle of the night to write.
Saul Bellow
Life has a way of taking its toll on the person you thought you were.
A.S.A. Harrison
In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. Whereas changing for the worse, that goes without saying.
A.S.A. Harrison
your moods and colors are my climate, not the changing face of the sky
John Geddes
Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.
A.S.A. Harrison
This isn’t a duality. I’m not one of the Balfour Academy soldiers, drinking a potion to become virile, ugly, and monstrously strong. There isn’t a lever inside me that determines which of me you’re talking to at once. A knife can cut or stab. The label doesn’t change. It’s still a knife.
Wildbow
Personality is a slot machine, and the cherries, lemons, and bells are your SSRI system, your schizophrenic tendency, your left/right brain lobalization, your anxiety proclivity, your wiring glitches, your place on the autistic and OCD spectrums - and to these we must add the deep-level influences of the machines and systems of intelligence that guided your brain into maturity.
Douglas Coupland