Author Charles Wiegand
@charleswiegand
Charles wrote "Heartbeats Across Borders" and many short stories, some have been published in many different journals/anthologies as well has his own two collections - "Daydreaming" and "Uncharted Realities". All three of his books are available on Amazon
“Laws produce lawbreakers, Bernie, like hens produce eggs. Civilization has nothing to do with it.” --Philip Klass AKA William Tenn (1920–2010) From Playboy (November 1963) #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #williamtenn #philipklass
“Extremists think ‘communication’ means agreeing with them.” --Attributed to Leo Calvin Rosten (1908–1997) As quoted in “Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time” (1979) No Primary Source Found #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #leorosten
“We are the first nation to starve to death in a storehouse that's overfilled with everything we want.” --William Penn Adair (Will) Rogers (1879–1935) From the Daily Telegram #1355, “The First Good News of the 1928 Campaign! Mr. Rogers Says He Will Not Run For Anything” (26 November 1930)
A struggling perfumer’s comeback fragrance becomes a nightmare when it triggers dangerous aphrodisiac effects, sparks a national recall, and forces him to choose between saving his career and untangling his heart. Available Now On Amazon.com For more info: author.wiegand.org
“Americanism: Using money you haven’t earned to buy things you don’t need to impress people you don’t like.” --Verni Robert Quillen (1887–1948) From “Paragraphs” by Robert Quillen, 4 June 1928 #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #vernirobertquillen
When a new perfume turns out to be an accidental aphrodisiac, a struggling perfumer must fix the formula, survive a national recall, and navigate two complicated women before his second chance self-destructs. Now Available on Amazon.com For More Info: author.wiegand.org
“From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.” --Groucho Marx (1890–1977) Said about S. J. Perelman’s “Dawn Ginsbergh’s Revenge” (1929) Quoted in Dorothy Herrmann’s “S J Perelman: A Life” (1986) #authors #quotes #grouchomarx
“Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave When they think that their children are naive.” --Ogden Nash (1902–1971) From "Baby, What Makes the Sky Blue?" 1940 #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #ogdennash
“The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do as they think” --Henry Louis Mencken (1880–1956) From “A Little Book in C Major” (1916) #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #henrymencken
“The love game is never called off on account of darkness.” --Thomas Lansing Masson (1866–1934) From “Arbutus Yearbook” Indiana University 1912 #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #tommasson
“The best good that you can possibly achieve is not good enough if you have to strain yourself all the time to reach it.” --Donald Robert Perry Marquis (1878–1937) From “The Almost Perfect State” in “Modern Essays” (1921) #writerslift #life #authors #love #coffee #write #books #quotes #donaldmarquis
“If all the world must see the world As the world the world hath seen, Then it were better for the world That the world had never been.” --Charles Godfrey Leland (1824–1903) From the Poem titled: “The World and the World” From “The Music-Lesson of Confucius, and Other Poems” 1872
“In electronic publishing, they're are no editors and if their are there not very good.” --Garrison Keillor (1942- ) From "Five Columns", in “The Keillor Reader” (2014) #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #garrisonkeillor
When a new perfume turns out to be an accidental aphrodisiac, a struggling perfumer must fix the formula, survive a national recall, and navigate two complicated women before his second chance self-destructs. For more info: author.wiegand.org
“Now an' then an innocent man is sent t' th' legislature.” --Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard (1868-1930) From “Back Country Folks” (1914) #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #KinHubbard #FrankHubbard
“A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well. Such a man must love the toils of the work more than any other man can love the rewards of it.” --Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
A struggling perfumer’s comeback fragrance becomes a nightmare when it triggers dangerous aphrodisiac effects, sparks a national recall, and forces him to choose between saving his career and untangling his heart. For more info: author.wiegand.org
“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world because they’d never expect it” --Jack Handey (1949- ) From “Deep Thoughts: Inspiration for the Uninspired” (1992) #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #quotes #jackhandey
“Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.” --Attributed to Clarence Shepherd Day, Jr. (1874–1935) As quoted in “The International Thesaurus of Quotations” (1970) edited by Rhoda Thomas Tripp #life #authors #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #ClarenceShepherdDayJr
“Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.” --Arthur "Art" Buchwald (1925–2007) As quoted in "Art Buchwald Celebrates His Life" a profile on CNN Newsroom (2 November 2006) #life #authors #love #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #ArtBuchwald
What should have been Bronson Dalton’s second chance turns into chaos when his new perfume causes wild side effects. Now he must fix the formula, stop the fallout, and survive the women complicating his life. For more info: author.wiegand.org
“Every dog on the face of the earth wants me dead.” --William "Bill" McGuire Bryson, OBE (1951- ) From “In a Sunburned Country” (US) and “Down Under” (UK) (2000) #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #BillBryson
“They teach you how to resist the enemy, how to protect your mind and spirit. They don’t teach you how to resist your own people, especially people who think they’re trying to ‘help’ you see ‘the truth.’” --Maximillian Michael "Max" Brooks (1972- ) From “World War Z” (2006) #life #quotes #maxbrooks
A desperate perfumer bets everything on a breakthrough scent, only to discover it’s an accidental aphrodisiac. As the recall spreads and emotions collide, his last shot at redemption starts slipping away. For more info: author.wiegand.org
“Yes, it’s true. Questions don’t change the truth; they give it motion. They focus my truth from another angle.” --Giannina Braschi (1953- ) From “Empire of Dreams” (1988) #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #gianninabraschi
“I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.” --Erma Louise Bombeck (1927–1996)