The ersatz elevator Quotes

“Read about things that wouldn't keep you up all night long, weeping and tearing out your hair.”

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself." – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov"I don’t want to die without any scars." – Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club"Not all those who wander are lost." – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." – André Gide, Autumn Leaves"If you’re making mistakes it means you’re out there doing something." – Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." – Paulo Coelho, Brida"If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives."– Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." – Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath"I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do." – Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart"If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all." – John Green, Paper Towns"Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer." – Dan Brown, Digital Fortress"Fear is an illusion..." - Dark Templar, Starcraft 2”

“the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.”

“One of the greatest myths in the world - & the phrase 'greatest myths' is just a fancy way of saying 'big fat lies' -- is that troublesome things get less & less troublesome if you do them more & more. People say this myth when they are teaching children to ride bicycles, for instance, as though falling off a bicycle & skinning your knee is less troublesome the fourteenth time you do it than it is the first time. The truth is that troublesome things tend to remain troublesome no matter how many times you do them, & that you should avoid doing them unless they are absolutely urgent.”