Top quotes by S.A. Tawks

You can't draw lines in the sand like that. Humour's a tsunami that doesn't care about your little lines. Votes: 7

Then an argument would ensue because they were men with different ideas. Votes: 7

Perhaps this new kind of reading will appeal to us after we give it a try. Votes: 7

I think that Richard was more of a one-girl-for-the-rest-of-your-life-marry-and-make-a-family kind of guy. Votes: 4

Ms Rainn, when was the last time you visited a library for the books and not the free Internet it offers? Votes: 4

We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it. Votes: 4

Embrace what works and discard what doesn't. Votes: 4

Don't dare try to be heroes. Votes: 4

What the future held for spirit, Emily could only imagine. Votes: 4

Fear doesn't gain respect. It just makes people do what you want to shut you up and get you away from them. Votes: 4

What could a person like Emily do? Could she possibly satisfy both sides? Or would that only end badly? Votes: 4

Young lovers. If you get it right, it's amazing what you can share. The challenging part is maintaining it. Votes: 4

Tales of triumph are my favourite. Votes: 4

One shot is all anyone needs if they back themselves and do it right. Votes: 4

If there's anything worse in this world than a bad batch of babi guling, it's hindsight. Votes: 1

She didn't want to alienate herself from the very wealthy man that was about to offer her a job by declining the polite offer of a drink. Votes: 1

It is neither poor handling nor the weather that turns the pages of a book a fine sepia. It is the reader's imagination. Votes: 1

Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night. Votes: 1

If that's the example you want set, you be the example. Votes: 1

You may not have finished today but the work you did got you closer than if you would have done nothing. Votes: 1

No one knows if something works until it actually works. That's why you must always try. Votes: 1

I tried to kill myself when I was thirteen but failed. That was the greatest failure of my life. Votes: 1

As much as I respect him, he is somewhat of an ignorant fool. Votes: 1

You've got to try and not let it keep you down. Sure, let it hurt but don't let it harm you. Votes: 1

It was nice meeting you three, and I'm sure under different circumstances it would have been a pleasure. Votes: 1

Could crushed spirit be destroyed if it encountered too much spirit? Votes: 1

It means they engineered the spirit to have a negative effect on the imagination. Votes: 1

Band together with the brothers and sisters of misery and never stray. You are the integral part of the deeply depressed. We found you. Hooray. Votes: 1

Too many questions can cripple imagination, for how can you apply logical questions to something that is not real? Votes: 1

I don't claim to know everything, Wally. I only claim that everything can eventually be known. Votes: 1

What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so. Votes: 0

Someone who was just nice didn't remain on your mind an hour after they'd left. Votes: 0

The sisterhood of librarians is a non-profit organisation and our goal is to keep imagination alive, not make money. Votes: 0

Emily wondered whether Artie would be so carefree if he knew The Book Club was performing grand theft imagination. Votes: 0

The power of fiction is a great thing. But, after all, reality is just a little more important. Votes: 0

Through her eyes the day was new and anything was possible. Votes: 0

Between giant spiders and meeting Edmund Ellis did I have a chance, Ms Rainn? Votes: 0

There were tough thoughts battling one another inside his head for the right to become reality. Votes: 0

My pragmatic nature, my impatience, will most likely have me drunk on aged spirit by noon. Votes: 0

Too much thought can find fault in anything, even if there is no fault to be found. Votes: 0

It is important to take the seriousness out of things that do not deserve it. Take the seriousness out of it, and the thing loses its power. Votes: 0

The imagination gland doesn't die. It just becomes reliant on manufactured spirit. Votes: 0

She lost touch with reality and was dragged into her imagination. Votes: 0

You can't lose sleep over should-of's and could-of's. Votes: 0

You must learn not to rely so heavily on others. Only then will help come when you truly need it. Votes: 0

This didn't sound good. It sounded like the optimism was escaping from him. Votes: 0

Ms Rainn, you might say, is a writing prodigy and I'm her mentor. Votes: 0

No one is better than anyone else. Some just simply don't fulfil their potential of being the best they possibly can. Votes: 0

A cup of tea at the ready and a jug of water will suffice just fine. Votes: 0

They're a group called The Spirit-crushers and their leader is known as The Almighty Spirit-crusher. Votes: 0

And I thought Ereaders could not become any more dreadful. Votes: 0

All writers read, Ms Rainn. With dwindling amounts of books circulating imagination, the less writers of all mediums will be able to exercise their own imaginations. Votes: 0

The memory will most likely come to me when I least expect it. When I'm in the middle of something else. Votes: 0

How do you crush spirit? You take out all the good. Votes: 0

There was a moment of silence as they imagined a future in which there existed an organisation that stole imagination for, undoubtedly, a sinister plan. Votes: 0

Crying will achieve nothing. Only action will. Votes: 0

Do you know what the best and worst thing about a book is? The author can't answer all your questions, only your imagination can. Votes: 0

I believe the uncertain times are almost upon us, and they are much more uncertain than I imagined. Votes: 0

Manufactured spirit is much more reliable than organic spirit. Votes: 0

Men cannot be nice and kind to a woman and have no affection for them. Votes: 0

I do not steal imagination. I use it and replace it by making people read. Votes: 0

We must stop this unimaginable atrocity before it becomes a reality. Votes: 0

There is so much we do not know about the imagination. That is why we must study it. Votes: 0

Isn't the smell of coffee the best alarm clock? Votes: 0

You've got to have high expectations to achieve top results. Votes: 0

Never ask about the details of someone's personal life, only the quality. Because if they want you to know, they'll let you know. If they don't want you to know, there is no need to know. Votes: 0

When you juice books from a library you are taking the history and imagination that has accumulated over so many years there. Votes: 0

It's in my head now. It's a memory. No camera could have captured what I saw and felt. Votes: 0

If someone knew equally as much about the ins and outs of your home, it would not be your home. Votes: 0

If you work hard all day and all night, something may come of it. You never know, it just might. Votes: 0

He could tell her that dogs used to look like cats and vice versa without a lick of proof and it would change the way she regarded the animals. Votes: 0

The purpose of the Sisterhood of Librarians is to keep the secret of creative juice and keep the idea of libraries alive. Votes: 0

The only thing more interesting than the truth is fiction dressed up as the truth. Votes: 0

We each have a little imagination in all of us, and a book is the best absorbent there is. Votes: 0

Be warned, reader. Once seen, something cannot be unseen and once read, something cannot be unread. What lies ahead can be the future of spirit but the future of spirit can also be what lies inside your head. Votes: 0

Honestly, if I stay on this gruelling path, I'm going to end up as another suicide statistic. Votes: 0

A woman can never be late when she is meeting with a man. But a man can most certainly be late when he is meeting with a woman. Votes: 0

A misadventure is an act that has a safer, less self-detrimental, less interesting alternative. But you choose that act because you want to do something memorable and worthy of discussion. Votes: 0

In my defence, I did like my ex until she cheated on me. I just thought the feeling was love. Votes: 0

The big, bad unknown is only that until it is known. Then you look back and wonder what all the fuss and worry was about. Votes: 0

Anyone can do the wrong thing if they really want to. Votes: 0

It wasn't a glorious or grand act of misadventure but it was a start. It wasn't what I should have done but it was what I truly wanted to do. Votes: 0

The purpose of water is to drink it but we swim in it for the fun of it. Votes: 0

I guess my biggest problem is that I find it easier to relapse than to carry through. Votes: 0

I found it hard to get motivated because I found it hard to care. Votes: 0

I'd been exposed to alternate ways of thinking and it seriously affected the way my mother had reared me. Votes: 0

Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school. Votes: 0

You're a man, man. That means seeing two rocks on the ground that kind of look like tits will arouse you. Votes: 0

With a little bit of spirit in her system to help her weave the lies and facts together, Emily told the partial truth. Votes: 0

Game changers will, most of the time, throw you off your game. Votes: 0

A misadventurer's greatest fear is their mother. Votes: 0

He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones. Votes: 0