Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
it's not called the Rusty Ruins because some guy called Rusty found them.
Cities are judged by their richest inhabitants and rural areas are judged
Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives.
I kind of try to resist working a lot. I'm not a very disciplined worker.
Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.
You have the optimism of a child. (Julian) Peter Pan all the way. (Grace)
I tend to watch silently from the shadows. You learn a lot more that way.
A questioning mind is the most cherished resource man has and the rarest.
We ought not to decide hastily against the words of an Act of Parliament.
Little chickie la la, isn’t dumb enough to fall for that, guys. (Tabitha)
(She grabbed him for a bear hug.) Stop sexually harassing me, Mom. (Nick)
Vik? You ready? (Devyn) Your stupidity is what I live for, Captain. (Vik)
I'm in my 60s, and a cancer scare just makes you more aware of mortality.
I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.
Literature is always what the dominant ideology recognizes as literature.
I'm a summer baby, so I usually have my birthday as a good summer memory.
The basic trouble is that people make statements without sufficient data.
It is always easier to be an epicure of a small repast than of a banquet.
War technology is science in the service of obscene anatomical vandalism.
If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited.
Even in West Germany in the beginning, people wanted a kind of socialism.
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
In point of morals, the average woman is, even for business, too crooked.
Whenever I read a book about a marriage, I always feel I'm being lied to.
The shadows didn't seem as dark as usual. Not with my personal sun along.
I don't see how that is any of your business." Stupid, shiny Volvo owner.
Rush Limbaugh is saying he never took Trump seriously in the first place.
Sometimes, we just don't know enough about what we are trying to achieve.
When I wrote 'The Secret Life of Bees,' I was writing about civil rights.
The future will be good for those who work hard and sharpen their skills.
I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.
I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.
Reality has come to seem more and more like what we are shown by cameras.
I was betting on cockfights in the Filipino workers' camps when I was 11.
I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.
And it takes so much energy to stay angry with someone who cries so much.
I stand there, feeling broken and small, thousands of eyes trained on me.
How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving.
By the way, I know about the kiss." Then the door clicks shut behind him.
My lips are just forming his name when his fingers lock around my throat.
When you're in the arena...you just remember who the enemy is" - Haymitch
Thinking like your prey. . . that's where you find their vulnerabilities.
If souls could be mated with wishes, ours would be inextricably entwined.
As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.
The world would be a very sad place if readers could only love one story.
Answers come and go, I've found. But the questions? Those remain forever.
In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.
Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not.
We're on a hunt, Cooper. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever it takes.
We should not treat people as they treat us, we should treat them better.