Brandon Nuckols > Brandon's Quotes

“When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.”
― Philip Kerr, March Violets

“To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.”
― Robert Harris, Pompeii

“Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight.”
― Robert Harris, Imperium

“Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.”
― Robert Harris, Imperium

“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.”
― Philip Roth

“Contradict yourself. In order to live, you must remain broken up.”
― Wyndham Lewis

“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

“When it comes down to it, I don't have much in the way of advice to offer you, but here it is: Read to children. Vote. And never buy anything from a man who's selling fear.”
― Mary Doria Russell, Dreamers of the Day

“Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.”
― Vincent Van Gogh