201 quotes found
“Whatever yerz’re lookin’ for, I hope yerz find it. Yerz moight’ve never lost it!”
“Those who are in pain – most of the world’s populations at any given moment – do not do a lot of thinking, speaking, or writing about suffering. All their energy goes into surviving. That is why a ...”
“It is our contemporary culture’s tragedy to have lost any sense of suffering as a positive dimension of human existence. Beginning with the premise that life ought to be without pain, we make suffe...”
“Make sure you wear something appropriate, dear. You never know who you’ll run into and it’s always smart to look your best.”
“The next time you come to the Cookie Jar, the coffee’s on me. You could probably bottle that stuff of yours and sell it for rat poison.”
“Writers are like onions, layers upon layers upon layers.”
“Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.”
“If God gave Dad Alzheimer’s, He’s got to understand when Dad forgets what church he belongs to.”
“True, beneath the human façade, I was an interloper, an alien whose ship had crashed beyond hope of repair in the backwoods of Southern Appalachia—but at least I’d learned to walk and talk enough ...”
“We all know that parents do not make children but that children make parents…Authentic parenting is one long sacrificial act…parenting reveals the way that sacrifice at once diminishes our life as ...”
“I don't know who a character is till I look into their eyes.”
“I wouldn’t be caught dead sacrificing myself for this country.”
“Nobody ever goes to that store to shop because it’s too crowded.”
“I knew I was in deep shit. I didn’t know how deep—just that I still hadn’t touched bottom.”
“Fine, it’s decided.” Vain resumed his stride. “I’ll do all the killing, and you doall the stuff that an Avun-Riah does. Whatever the hell that is.”
“They say a picture's worth a thousand words, but with me it always ends up being well over a hundred thousand.”
“Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination.”
“Life is about connection, not perfection.”
“To reach for yourself is to survive, to reach for others is to provide.”
“I just want you to know, I love the way you look at me. Make's me feel like everything's gonna be okay.”
