Quote by Marcus Sakey Download Open image ““And difference, as he learned that day, inspired a particular kind of savagery.”” — Marcus Sakey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“But the stories had made him different, too. They had shaped his appetite, his moral prejudices, who he was.” — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
“There was some simple, radical difference about him. He hoped it was genius, feared it was madness, devoted himself to amiability and inconspicuousness.” — John Barth Copy Share Image
“He was hungry to learn about things. Unlike most of us, he was the sort of person who insisted on living out his beliefs.” — Wayne Westerberg Copy Share Image
“He forced us to watch the happenings in the world far from what seemed like our own. Educating us on the beasts that walk… — Ker Dukey Copy Share Image
“He used the word savages with affection, as if he liked them a little for it. In his nature was a respect for wildness.… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“It was worse--knowing he knew the difference between kindness and cruelty and chose the baser of the two.” — C.J. Roberts Copy Share Image
“That was the man's real trouble, not the savage and uncanny civilizations he encountered--he kept forgetting what he had.” — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“A great many people, he had noticed, spent large parts of their time worrying about things they were powerless to alter. Had they concentrated… — Setterfield Diane Copy Share Image
“I envied his inspiration, his optimism in focusing back on the painful but glorious days. They were caring days, when we knew what we… — Bao Ninh Copy Share Image
“He felt that to increase his knowledge was to strengthen his hatred. Under certain circumstances, instruction and enlightenment may serve as rallying points for… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Savages were savages, but what could one expect of civilized men who plotted massacre?” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“They were both in their own ways earnest; they both wanted to achieve some worthy end or other, change the world for the better.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There was a skill to organizing your life into neatly bundled anecdotes, and he lacked it.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“you are going to find that the heights you’ve attained make for a long fall if you don’t understand the mountain.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
Once I came to really understand the mechanics of three-act structure, my life got a great deal easier. It doesn't tell you how to… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“If it was to survive, America had to develop a new system of exchange, one that would be impervious to the gamesmanship of gifted… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“That was the thing about terror: it made rational people act irrationally.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“As politicians had long known, people preferred short, catchy answers to complex ones, even if the short answers were oversimplified to the point of… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Cooper had been at a scene once where a car had collided with an agent and pinned him against a metal barrier, shattering everything… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Data. That’s what matters. That’s what tells us something. But people want to see pictures. Supernova in vivid color. Even though scientifically it’s useless.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“intentions and results. Cooper’s intentions in killing Peters and releasing the video had been good; the results had been a disaster. Did that make… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“When a sailor’s drowned body was found tangled in lines over the port side, the men agreed he must have fallen overboard in the… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
Trying to analyze a situation without enough data was like looking at a photograph of a ball in flight and trying to gauge its… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
I didn't want to just write a series - I wanted to write an epic, on story that spans three books, where decisions made… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
