All too willingly man sees himself as the centre of the universe, as something not belonging to the rest of nature but… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist… — Howard Lyman Copy Share Image
If a principle exists it must be immutable, for that is what a principle is - a truth standing apart from the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
An historian should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place and period of his choice, standing apart from it… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
I believe - I know (there are not many things I should care to dogmatize about, on the subject of writing) that… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
The writer is a person who is standing apart, like the cheese in 'The Farmer in the Dell' standing there alone but… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image