Winston Janczewski > Winston's Quotes

“Hugh le Despencer the Elder was speaking to his son, Hugh le Despencer the Younger. He said, “Son, given that you are effeminate and lack manly qualities, I think that the way for you for you to improve your lot in life is to become the King’s Chamberlain.”
― Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

“She must feel like Lucifer’s frigid breath is running down the back of her delicate neck.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic— YOU!  As soon as you allow doubt to creep in, you will lose. ”
― C. Toni Graham, Crossroads and the Dominion of Four

“Enraged, Marco paced back and forth, gripping the newspaper in his fist. What do these animals hope to accomplish with senseless violence? We have enough suffering on this island. Do we have to kill each other, too?”
― Margarita Barresi, A Delicate Marriage

“The craggy lines that made up the character in his face now seemed like scars of defeat, inflicted on him over time.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Elephant Tree

“Tell all the truth but tell it slant.”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

“He couldn’t go on. He went on.”
― Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River

“Oh oh!” said the
mother bird. “My baby
will be here! He will
want to eat.”
― P.D. Eastman, Are You My Mother?

“This is no time for refusing to look facts in the face.”
― Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None

“Pero en cierto sentido puede decirse que las condiciones de vida no solamente causan la variabilidad, directa e indirectamente, sino que de igual manera incluyen la selección natural, porque las condiciones determinan si ha de sobrevivir esta o aquella variedad. Pero cuando el hombre es agente selector, claramente vemos que los dos elementos de cambio son distintos; la variabilidad está hasta cierto punto excitada, aunque la voluntad del hombre es en cierto sentido la que acumula las variaciones, y esta última causa es la que motiva que sobrevivan los más aptos en el estado natural.”
― Charles Darwin, El Origen de las Especies