WIST Quotations

Abraham, Daniel -- Leviathan Wakes, ch. 41 (2011) [with Ty Franck]

Dave — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:09:48 +0000

Holden decided that he was okay with not feeling any remorse for them. The moral complexity of the situation had grown past his ability to process it, so he just relaxed in the warm glow of victory instead.

Daniel Abraham (b. 1969) American writer [pseud. James S. A. Corey (with Ty Franck), M. L. N. Hanover]
Leviathan Wakes, ch. 41 (2011) [with Ty Franck]
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- “The Divinity School Address” (1838)

Dave — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:49:04 +0000

To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
“The Divinity School Address” (1838)

McEwan, Ian -- Saturday (2005)

Dave — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 21:47:23 +0000

On a recent Sunday evening, Theo came up with an aphorism: the bigger you think, the crappier it looks. Asked to explain he said, “When we go on about the big things, the political situation, global warming, world poverty, it all looks really terrible, with nothing getting better, nothing to look forward to. But when I think small, closer in — you know, a girl I’ve just met, or this song we’re going to do with Chas, or snowboarding next month, then it looks great. So this is going to be my motto — think small.”

Ian McEwan (b. 1948) English novelist and screenwriter
Saturday (2005)