Quotes
Authors
Boris Pasternak
"As before the collapse, the setting sun brushed the tiles, brought out the warm brown glow on the wallpaper, and hung the shadow of the birch on the wall as if it were a woman's scarf." --
Boris Pasternak
#Wall Quotes
#Shadow Quotes
#Scarves Quotes
“Nobody really knows what the Bourne shell's grammar is. Even examination of the source code is little help.”
“The big nut to crack is to how to tell a story, what’s the right way to tell a particular story.”
“If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.”
“The acme of faith is... immersion of the mind in God.”
“If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.”
“Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond himself, and by so doing change himself. He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.”
“I have rarely read a more wonderful book than To Win Her Favor by Tamera Alexander. Rich with historical detail and fully developed characters, this novel held me spellbound until the last page. If you read one historical novel this year, make it To Win Her Favor. It will linger with you long after the last page.”
“I tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this.”