“It’s not enough to be nice in life. You’ve got to have nerve.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe       “I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.” ― Georgia O’Keefe       “Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” ― Georgia O’Keeffe     “I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.” ― Georgia…

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” ― G.K. Chesterton       “Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.” ― G.K. Chesterton     “Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.” ― G.K. Chesterton       “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” ― G.K. Chesterton       “I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.” ― G.K. Chesterton     “Without…

“The unfed mind devours itself.” ― Gore Vidal     “How marvelous books are, crossing worlds and centuries, defeating ignorance and, finally, cruel time itself.” ― Gore Vidal, Julian     “Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.” ― Gore Vidal     “Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note. ” ― Gore Vidal       “Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” ― Gore Vidal     “As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not…