top of page

"I am torn between the freedom of this adventure and the benefits of civilization despite its constraints."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Experience quotes

"There is a huge difference between learning about truth and experiencing truth. Touch the source."

"All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it."

"No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot."

"I wear my wrinkles like battle scars, having earned every last one slaying life's dragons. They boast of my victories and some defeats while their beauty is a wealth of wisdom gained."

"Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young."

"Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice."

"Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again."

"Experience is by industry achiev'd,And perfected by the swift course of time."

"What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?"

"There is more experience on the field of justification than on the camp of training. Sometimes, you got to take actions to learn more."
Explore more quotes by Sara Sheridan


"Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love."


"You've got to make an effort to get the details right, because even through someone picks it up and knows it's a novel, they know someone's made it up and they know it's not real, if you make a small mistake they will cease to imaginatively engage with the story."


"Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it."


"An eerie atmosphere leeched from the soot-damaged walls. It was as if the house had died, and yet she felt she belonged here. It was as if the old place wanted to claim her from the grave."


"I spend a lot of time imagining things - in fact, you could say that imagining things is my job."


"I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any kind of writing - as long as the writing is good."


"It often horrified the English community that she spent her time with local farmers and horse traders, eccentrics and mystics, but she valued expertise over convention and had long believed if you were going to make discoveries in the world you must first quit your Englishness and open your eyes."
bottom of page