In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! Be sure not to discuss… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I was really interested in this ability for others to create virtual memories for us. In "The Cartographers" I explore this through… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“A child who is being abused on an ongoing basis needs to be able to function despite the trauma that dominates his… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
I took a shining object, as sharp as I could find, and I made a pretty picture, from deep within my mind.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The field was even greener than my boy's mind had pictured it. In later years, friends of ours visited Ireland and said… — Duke Snider Copy Share Image
Know that for the human mind there are certain objects of perception which are within the scope of its nature and capacity;… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It made me shiver. And I about made up my mind to pray, and see if I couldn't try to quit being… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Adventure is a loose word that means different things to different people. It is a state of mind, a spirit of trying… — Alastair Humphreys Copy Share Image
“Because each work of art originates in the mind and feelings of a human being, it reaches its destination in the mind… — George Heard Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Today’s challenge is to keep your focus and preserve the sanctity of mind required to create, and to ultimately make an impact… — Jocelyn K. Glei Copy Share Image
“A mind that moves associatively (as my mind does and probably your mind too) like a firefly in a grassy yard on… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“I extend the horizon of the senses by the imagination; … this conception … exalts me above the limited standpoint of the… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
“Mr. Grace sounded like a very small child, helpless, hopeless. I had made him fuck himself with his own big tool, like… — Richard Bachman Copy Share Image
“In trying to make sense of this pessimism, Ridley, like Kahneman, sees a combination of cognitive biases and evolutionary psychology as the… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Creation, whether it's writing, painting or whatever, is essentially despotic and autocratic in nature, because it's the work of one mind and… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Patrick Melrose' is a frantically accurate exploration of the addict mind tormented by trauma, magnificently brought to life by Benedict Cumberbatch. At… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Seeing that the Senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason; there is no… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I would say that there are a lot of people who currently disagree with the death penalty, I just hope that it's… — John Cabello Copy Share Image
Sorry, I didn't pay attention. Sorry,I couldn't read your mind. Sorry,I didn't know what were you about to do. Sorry,Sorry,Sorry. I cant… — Jasmine Copy Share Image
My advice for telling someone else's story is to try not to consciously bend the story in any particular direction - to… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“Tarkovsky was right. The responsibility of the artist is to stir people’s hearts and minds toward loving others: to find the light… — Qiu Miaojin Copy Share Image
We all recall what is or was important to us and are astonished when it slips other people's minds. Perhaps we dismiss… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
“Here is something I learned in 1922: there are always worse things waiting. You think you have seen the most terrible thing,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“To know of the existence of evil, true evil that corrupted the world, had forever altered her heart and mind. If she… — Andrea Cremer Copy Share Image
“This is the essence of psychological rationalism: We grow into our rationality as caterpillars grow into butterflies. If the caterpillar eats enough… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“There is no need to search . . . achievement leads nowhere . . . makes no difference at all. Just be… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Wherever the State touches the personal life of the infant, the child, the youth, or the aged, helpless, defective in mind, body… — Anna Garlin Spencer Copy Share Image
Internalize the vagrant mind and fix it in the Lord. Then the meditation will be profound and intense. Don't open the eyes.… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
“ISOLATION DOES STRANGE THINGS to a person’s mind. This is true for any social creature, human or otherwise. Monkeys taken from their… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“What's fascinating about this list is that ten people with a a slew of medals among them decided that the two most… — Amanda Lang Copy Share Image
When one is working out a problem ... life becomes duality. One's ego transacts the ordinary routine of things, as if the… — Alice Foote MacDougall Copy Share Image
“Here are a few mind teasers to help you think in unexpected ways (see answers at end of chapter). • A bus… — Dan Miller Copy Share Image
Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“We don't have intercourse anymore. I'm not complaining, it's my own fault. I lie there beside him and try to send signals… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
“As a younger man, I burned with enthusiasm for my work: I was to be a warrior, the champion of reviled or… — DeSales Harrison Copy Share Image
“And Billy, if it'll ease your mind any, I want you to know you've got a standing offer to come work for… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
You are the witnessing essence and consciousness behind the noise in your mind. Your mind doesnt define you, nor does it control… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
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