There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die. Sharon Olds alcoholismbookdie Change image and share on social
There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too. Karen Armstrong artbadcook Change image and share on social
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of staying alive. David Attenborough aliveanimalkind Change image and share on social
There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. Charles Caleb Colton conductdeceivefraud Change image and share on social
There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened - you're lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books. Norman MacCaig bookfeelfriend Change image and share on social
There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about. Antonio Tabucchi fundamentalimpossiblevalue Change image and share on social
There are some geologists involved with prospecting for oil and other hidden resources who can pick up a rock and say, 'Yes, there's oil under there.' A geologist who has been studying those kinds of rocks for 10 or 20 years is able to make that pronouncement. Christopher Alexander geologisthideinvolve share on social
There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story. Shigeru Miyamoto bathroombeneathghost share on social
There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do. John Cusack chunkclockfathom share on social
There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules. Harold Pinter goodlousyrule Change image and share on social
