I've never understood why people run to get out of the rain in the summertime. . . People … - Silas House

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. Thats set out in the Constitution.

Silas House

I've never understood why people run to get out of the rain in the summertime. . . People will drive miles and miles to go jump in a cool swimming hole, but when it rains, they scatter.

Cool, Rain, Rains, Running, Swimming

Same Author Quotes

Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose to be with.

Families, Night, People, Sometimes, Understand

I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And that every single sentence must be a poem. And that economy is the key to all good writing. And that every character has to have a secret.

Character, Economy, Good, Keys, Students, Writing

Maybe all the secrets of life were written on the surface of leaves, waiting to be translated. If I touched them long enough, I might be given some information no one else had.

Enough, Leaves, Long, Secret, Waiting, Written

Strange, how such a small realization can affect everyone's life forever. In movies there is always a carefully staged moment - a big crescendo of music, close- ups of the actors' faces, the camera slowly pulling away to let all this sink in for the viewer. . . but, in real life, most all of the extraordinary things happen with no more loudness than a whisper.

Actors, Big, Faces, Forever, Real

Writing is a supernatural thing.

Supernatural, Thing, Writing