532 Quotes About Biography

Anna Dostoyevskaya found a purpose to guide her life: to honor her own experiences and potential while celebrating the work of Dostoyevsky, the artist, the man, she loved.

Dostoyevsky’s widow insisted that her husband was to literature what the physicist-founder of the X-ray was to the human body: the inventor of a wholly new means of peering inside the human soul.

His wife Anna’s presence can be felt everywhere in these final years of Dostoyevsky’s life: in his writings, his speeches, in the very fact of his physical survival.

Not only had his wife Anna made Dostoyevsky’s creations possible, but, in a way, Anna was the [female] ideal behind his creations.

Beyond participating in Dostoevsky’s creative work as his stenographer, first reader, and editor, his wife Anna also controlled all other aspects of their publishing enterprise.

I love to write and encourage all those who want to pursue a writing/publishing career to continue despite the obstacles. Perseverance pays off.

If life deals you a lousy hand .... BLUFF!

River smiled sweetly at his tormentors and told them, "If you want to kick my ass, go ahead. Just explain to me why you're doing it."After a confused pause, one of the skinheads said, "Ah, you wouldn't be worth it.""We're all worth it, man," River said with a beatific smile. "We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes.

Dr. Jerry promised his family that he would write a letter home each week. Over 1,200 letters document his life with the Batwa Pygmies. The letters share the "good, bad, and ugly" as Jerry wanted the readers to know the successes and failures. Readers who like stories of hope, stories that inspire, and stories of overcoming will want to read this book.