quotes about Introversion

“Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us.”

“Attempts to limit female mobility by hampering locomotion are ancient and almost universal. The foot-binding of upper-class Chinese girls and the Nigerian custom of loading women's legs with pounds of heavy brass wire are extreme examples, but all over the world similar stratagems have been employed to make sure that once you have caught a woman she cannot run away, and even if she stays around she cannot keep up with you. ... Literally as well as figuratively modern women's shoes are what keeps Samantha from running as fast as Sammy.”

“I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.”

“They would all be sorry... particularly the duck.”

Source : Angie Sage (2012). “Magyk: Septimus Heap”, p.348, A&C Black

“Sid Vicious is a thinking man's wrestler!”

“writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all”

“Light blooms the brighter in the darkest places.”

“Well, you know, the first step I took was to drop the alto and baritone and concentrate on tenor exclusively, a decision I've never really looked back on with any regret. Another thing was that I was 17 when I moved up there, and my listening had really focused on freer music in the previous couple of years- Coltrane was playing with his expanded group, and everyone was listening closely to that, and we were into Shepp and Ayler as well.”

“I'm not interested in popular culture, particularly. I'm not against it, I'm not avoiding it, but I'm not interested in it as a force in life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I think I can make an entirely new game experience, and if I can't do it, some other game designer will.”