“War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Invisible Beasts is a strange and beautiful meditation on love and seeing, a hybrid of fantasy and field guide, novel and essay,… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
I once did an event with Ian Rankin where he said he didn't really need to do much background research because his… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Beast Books will be longer than conventional long-form magazine articles but shorter than conventional nonfiction books. They will be published digitally and… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
“Beast’s close proximity warmed her like a magical furnace, and after a few yards, Ana found herself drifting closer to him and… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
Freedom within any kind of social structure - the whole issue of exactly what the human animal is - is an ongoing… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
“Lying in my heap of Earth I can naturally dream of all sorts of things, even of an understanding with the beast,… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
The weakling and the coward cannot be saved by honesty alone; but without honesty the brave and able man is merely a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is possible to be a fan of reality TV, talent shows and bubblegum pop and still have a brain. You will… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I take this for myself, and you take up the thread of my life between your teeth, tin thread and tarnished with… — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
I have grown into a Bestsellasaurus Rex - a big, stumbling book-beast that is loved when it shits money and hated when… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Dark golden strands of hair fall over the face of a fallen angel. Strong jaw, proud nose, dark brows and a hard,… — Alianne Donnelly Copy Share Image
When the mouth is closed it looks very voluptuous, beautiful. But when it opens its jaws the tongue inside the mouth is… — H. R. Giger Copy Share Image
Naturally and logically, people who forage rather than herd domestic beasts and tend crops for a living - that is, people who… — David Petersen Copy Share Image
“I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside me is a beast that… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions.… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“I don’t fool you, do I? Those others”—he waved a vague hand to indicate their missing comrades—“they think I’m all that—but you… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“A beast is just what you want. A big, dark medieval brute to throw you to the ground, tear the clothes from… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“There's a beast in all of us, you know,' Jasper said. 'No,' Tessa said. 'Yes, a monster right inside of us all,'… — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
I tend to over extend myself without really thinking throughthe realities of completing so many projects in a year, which generally means… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
“I no longer hate my demons because you fight them on my behalf. I no longer feel alone because you are my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've spent the last few years really trying to come out of that belief system. Speaking mythologically, it's like Beauty and the… — Francis Dunnery Copy Share Image
The earth affords a lavish supply of richess of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll… — David Almond Copy Share Image
Do you know how the naturalist learns all the secrets of the forest, of plants, of birds, of beasts, of reptiles, of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
I still come from a very working-class family. My mother's still a cleaner. And my brother is the gas man. And my… — Duncan Roy Copy Share Image
At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
“Princess!” Beast called from a high parapet. He scrambled down the side of the castle and loped to her like an eager… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
In many college English courses the words “myth” and “symbol” are given a tremendous charge of significance. You just ain’t no good… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Love can transform us. It can be a healing force or a disaster, a tidal wave, a tornado. It can burn and… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
“I spend a lot of time on my own thinking betwixt me and the saddle and I ain’t come up with much… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
I thought as much. Miss Murray, though I am a beast, do not think that I am stupid. I know that I… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The relation of patience to iman is like the relation of the head to the body. If the head is chopped off,… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Brutes abstract not. -- If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas, that way, to any degree; this,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“My God! Everything I see shows me how wrong I am and tells me to hurry up and get on with my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
![“If I do manage to come up with a scheme [to naming], however, I stick to it, which is why my cats are named after gods-Loki and Athena, who are, respectively, absolutely straightforward and affectionate, and dumber than dirt. I learned my lesson. I will name my next cat 'Satan' or 'Marduk' or…” quote by Ursula Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/85d/ursula-vernon-21101_affectionate_if-i-do-manage-to-come-up-with-a-scheme_100482.jpg)
