Allison Dickson > Allison's Quotes

“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
― Markus Herz

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.”
― Philip K. Dick

“For this moment, nothing matters. Look up into the stars and you're gone.”
― Chuck Palahnuik

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
― John Rogers

“Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.”
― Walker Evans

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King