--- title: "2 Epic Quotes By Vera Nazarian" description: "2 Epic quotes by Vera Nazarian. Plus more from Vera Nazarian and more Epic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/vera-nazarian-1671_composition_at-some-point-sitting-in-the-school-libr_2693043.png" --- > [ At some point, sitting in the school library, during reading period, I looked up from my leopard print hardcover composition notebook where I was scribbling a derivative \[John Ronald Reuel \] Tolkien epic full of purple prose in tiny handwriting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/at-some-point-sitting-in-the-school-library-during-reading-period-i/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/vera-nazarian-1671_composition_at-some-point-sitting-in-the-school-libr_2693043.png) > [I was nurtured on Greek Mythology and the classical epics. I lived and breathed Homer. Other mythologies - the Russian, the Norse, the Persian, the Indian, Egyptian, etc. - all came later. First and foremost were the Greeks, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-was-nurtured-on-greek-mythology-and-the-classical-epics-i-lived-and/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/vera-nazarian-1671_athena_i-was-nurtured-on-greek-mythology-and-th_2883079.png) ## Other authors on Epic - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-howard-g-hendricks-42414.jpg) Howard G. Hendricks 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/howard-g-hendricks/) - [C.L. Wilson 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/c-l-wilson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hunter-s-thompson-42712.jpg) Hunter S. Thompson 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/hunter-s-thompson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lascelles-abercrombie-58725.jpg) Lascelles Abercrombie 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/lascelles-abercrombie/) - [Karen Azinger 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/karen-azinger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tim-sweeney-90956.jpg) Tim Sweeney 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/tim-sweeney/) - [Barry Kirwan 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/barry-kirwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gwyneth-paltrow-39818.jpg) Gwyneth Paltrow 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/gwyneth-paltrow/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-caroline-alexander-21297.jpg) Caroline Alexander 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/caroline-alexander/) ## More by Vera Nazarian > [Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/why-is-wisdom-so-fair-why-is-beauty-so-wise-because-all-else-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland. The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-cactus-thrives-in-the-desert-while-the-fern-thrives-in-the/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/colored-lights-blink-on-and-off-racing-across-the-green-boughs-their/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-does-not-take-a-great-supernatural-heroine-or-magical-hero-to-save/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Here's a new 'Blessing' for our time -- 'May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/here-s-a-new-blessing-for-our-time-may-anderson-cooper-never-be-sent/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [When you wake up from a dream you have only a few precious moments before the details of the dream begin to dissipate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-you-wake-up-from-a-dream-you-have-only-a-few-precious-moments/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“It's a fact— everyone is ignorant in some way or another. Ignorance is our deepest secret. And it is one of the scariest things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/it-s-a-fact-everyone-is-ignorant-in-some-way-or-another-ignorance-is/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/was-it-you-or-i-who-stumbled-first-it-does-not-matter-the-one-of-us/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [“Meditation is a mysterious method of self-restoration. It involves “shutting” out the outside world, and by that means sensing the universal “presence” which is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/meditation-is-a-mysterious-method-of-self-restoration-it-involves/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air. It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-great-miraculous-bell-of-translucent-ice-is-suspended-in-mid-air/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/unlike-a-fountain-that-circulates-the-same-water-in-an-enclosed/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [I've always been creative verbally, had a flair, my teachers said - wrote great expository essays in elementary school, scribbled little poems, embraced all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-ve-always-been-creative-verbally-had-a-flair-my-teachers-said-wrote/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/one-sin-seldom-mentioned-is-that-of-killing-time/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [The sand in the hourglass runs from one compartment to the other, marking the passage of moments with something constant and tangible.If you watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/the-sand-in-the-hourglass-runs-from-one-compartment-to-the-other/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) > [When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/when-you-reach-for-the-stars-you-are-reaching-for-the-farthest-thing/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/vera-nazarian/#itemlist", "name": "2 Epic Quotes By Vera Nazarian", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At some point, sitting in the school library, during reading period, I looked up from my leopard print hardcover composition notebook where I was scribbling a derivative [John Ronald Reuel ] Tolkien epic full of purple prose in tiny handwriting and thought to myself, \"Damn! I am a writer! 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