Biographical Quotes

“We thought speaking in English meant you were more intelligent. We were wrong of course. It does not matter what language you choose, the important thing is the words you use to express yourself.”
― Malala Yousafzai

“Seeing metaphors in everything again.”
― Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

“What is 'camp'? A much misunderstood word, everyone has their own feel for it. Here is mine:

Camp is not in rugby football.
Camp is not in the Old Testament.
Camp is not in St. Paul.
Camp is not in Latin lessons, though it might be in Greek.
Camp loves colour.
Camp loves light.
Camp takes pleasure in the surface of things.
Camp loves paint as much as it loves paintings.
Camp prefers style to the stylish.
Camp is pale.
Camp is unhealthy.
Camp is not English, damn it.

But …

Camp is not kitsch.
Camp is not drag.
Camp is not nearly so superficial as it would have you believe.
Camp casts out all fear.
Camp is strong.
Camp is healthy.

And, let’s face it …

Camp is queer.”
― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot

“In a curious failure of comprehension, I looked alertly about me for possible targets for all this artillery fire, not, apparently, realizing that it was actually ourselves that the enemy gunners were trying for all they were worth to hit.”
― Ernst Junger, Storm of Steel

“I dreamed of going to the top of Mount Elum like Alexander the Great to touch Jupiter and even beyond the valley. But, as I watched my brother running across the roof, flying their kites and skillfully flicking the strings back and forth to cut each other's down, I wondered hoe free a daughter could ever be.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“I talk with the authority of failure.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up

“Adams drew back. He wanted Hannah, but he did not live for her. Making a name for himself was more important. He told her that he could not marry for years, until his practice was established. He knew that his honesty would doom the relationship, and Hannah in fact began to see others. Adams's ambition had triumphed over love.”
― John Ferling, Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution

“Anyone who has lived a full life has something fascinating to share with the world.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“He laughed a lot, but as a boy he had been so self-conscious about being dark-skinned that he went to the fields to get buffalo milk to spread on his face, thinking it would make him lighter. It was only when he met my mother that he became comfortable in his own skin. Being loved by such a beautiful girl gave him confidence.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“Let memories of your own hometown flow back to you as you read this fascinating story, "A Place called Gouyave," about the author's recollection of the characters, stories and the lessons learnt in his hometown during his youth on the Caribbean island of Grenada.”
― Collis Decoteau, A Place Called Gouyave: A Boy's Recollection of the Colorful and Loveable Characters of His Hometown, Where People's Mistakes Were Not Life's

“My purpose in beginning the John Wimber biography project was to honor his rich legacy of teaching, his extraordinary character, and the positive & beneficial impact his life has had on my journey as a 'follower of Christ'. I esteem John Wimber's teachings, writing, and impact upon the Body of Christ to be equal with that of C.S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, John F. Banks, D.L. Moody, and Leanne Payne.”
― R. Alan Woods, John Wimber: Naturally Supernatural

“Frightfully pale and perpetually odd”
― Sue Perkins

“Il vantaggio più grande che la libertà offre agli esseri umani è quello di allontanarsi da ciò che infastidisce.”
― Anthony Flacco, Tiny Dancer: The Incredible True Story of a Young Burn Victim's Journey from Afghanistan

“Já que não és bonita, deves salientar-te pela inteligência. Assim há se de conseguir mais na vida do que essas criaturinhas que contam com o sucesso do seu palminho de cara. Quero que aprendas também a tocar piano.
Assim falou à minha mãe, que se contava entre as mulheres bonitas. Suspeitaria do mal que me causava?
Pouco a pouco fui-me convencendo de ser feia. Olhando para o espelho via uma cara redonda, sem dúvida redonda em excesso, via olhos cinzentos (e não era o cinzento a cor mais feia de todas?), cabelo liso, sem ondas nem caracóis. No nariz curto já Anna repararam e gostava de puxar por ele. E como se me meteu na cabeça que os olhos eram demasiado pequenos, comecei a arregalá-los quando caminhava pelas ruas.”
― Ilse Losa, O Mundo Em Que Vivi

“You’re not one of those despicable literary sleuths who think he can deduce every last little sordid biographical detail from a writer’s work, are you?”
― Jonathan Galassi, Muse

“I will write until my hands fall off.”
― Talix Cross

“Se si vuole risolvere una disputa o uscire da un conflitto, la primissima cosa da fare è dire la verità. Perché se hai mal di testa e al medico dici di avere mal di stomaco, come potrà aiutarti? Bisogna sempre dire la verità. Perché la verità elimina la paura.”
― Ziauddin Yousafzai

“Three more awards received in 2017
Gold for Seb Cage Begins His Adventures
Gold for The Time Slipsters
Silver for The Deaduction Agency”
― Terry Tumbler

“En ese contexto, a los jóvenes ultras como como yo hasta los comunistas nos parecían reformistas y por eso les decíamos 'rabanitos', rojos por fuera y blancos por dentro. Ellos, con una visión mucho más estratégica dictada desde Moscú, no estaban por el salto directo a la lucha armada, sino por la utilización del sistema democrático para destruirlo evolutivamente, sin prisa pero sin pausa.”
― Mauricio Rojas, Diálogo de conversos

“Literature supplements the lives of people and enables us to feel connected with the world. Shared stories blunt a sense of tragic aloneness, and endow us with the tools to understand our humanness. Reading about the lives of other people acquaints us with the hardships of other people. The authorial voices of narrative prose express our shared feelings of deprivation”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“By the time I’d arrived back in England I’d read the entire book from cover to cover."
-W.M.Aslam, Scott McNally's Mystery”
― W.M.Aslam

“I had graduated from high school the week before and was now a crewmember on a Dutch ship. This was my first job aboard ship and now I found myself heading down the Hudson River, past the Statue of Liberty. There wasn’t much time for sightseeing since the dinner chimes had been rung and the few passengers we had, were coming into the dining room. No one had explained my duties but I watched the other stewards and followed suit. I must have been a fast learner since amazingly enough all went well, and before I knew it the dining room was empty and it was cleanup time. I’m certain that having worked in my uncle’s restaurants helped but I’m glad I survived without any mishaps. I knew that tomorrow would go even smoother now that I understood the routine.
When I told my parents that I was going to sea, they didn’t ask any questions and seemed to take it all for granted. Everything happened extremely fast. On the very same day that I was hired, I was on this foreign flagship bound for Le Havre and Rotterdam, without having as much as a passport. Most of the crewmembers that went on strike were left behind for U.S. Immigration to sort out, provided that they could even be rounded up. For me, it was my first seagoing adventure! Being the youngest and newest crewmember on the ship earned me a bunk four tiers up and against the bulkhead, next to the chain locker. You couldn’t get any farther forward, which made me feel that I would be the first to get to where the ship was going. I didn’t take into account that it would also be the first part of the ship that would slam into the sea or anything else that got in the way, but such was the life of a seaman.”
― Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One"

“Los pesados bombarderos rusos pasaban por encima de las casas con un sonido de trueno y soltaban sus proyectiles al azar, buscando al enemigo que jugaba a las escondidas con ellos. En éste juego macabro de gallina ciega, éramos nosotros los que estábamos vendados. Con los ojos cerrados, la cara escondida entre las manos, acechábamos el paso de los aviones y nuestros dedos temblorosos palpaban ansiosamente lo muros chorreantes.”
― Christine Arnothy, I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die

“Und zurück übers Eis, schnell zurück! Ins Bett, meine Höhle, das Lampenlicht. Richtig lesen kannst du nur im Liegen. Von Kind auf, schon eh und je.”
― "Übers Eis" - Peter Kurzeck

“Graag of niet. Het zijn godverdomme m&m's, geen pillen. Ze zijn de enige lunch die we krijgen.' Ze zei het woord lunch zo sarcastisch, dat ik in hysterisch lachen uitbarstte. Sally keek me aan en moest ook lachen. En toen drong de werkelijkheid weer tot me door en maakte het lachen plaats voor tranen en uiteindelijk huilden we allebei tranen met tuiten in elkaars armen. Maar de m&m's aten we op.”
― Sarah Forsyth, Mijn leven in de hel

“Het bestaan van pijn heeft een reden: het is een signaal dat je moet stoppen met wat je doet.”
― Sarah Forsyth, Mijn leven in de hel

“Discovering the history of an individual saves you a lot of time, energy, money, and many more towards your own goal(s) in life. Later, yours becomes the insight for others.”
― Isaac Nash, The Herok