Stephen Ormsby > Stephen's Quotes

“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
― Ted Hughes, Letters of Ted Hughes

“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.”
― Janet E. Morris

“I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.”
― William S. Burroughs

“Other writers aren't your enemies. Your greatest opponent is the version of your self that holds the other version back. Unleash the best version of you!”
― Cameron Trost