61115 Quotes & Sayings

Death, however clearly foretold, still came unexpectedly. — Daniel Abraham

I think you should go to the ball with me." She clutched her fingers. His expression was too genuine, too sure. Her nerves tingled. "Stars," she muttered. "Didn't you already ask me that?" "I'm hoping for a more favorable answer this time. And — Marissa Meyer

With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it. — Mignon McLaughlin

Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it. — Bono

What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the irrational truth. It's good for us when, in spite of all of the sober, pragmatic, and even correct arguments that war is sometimes necessary someone says: war is large-scale murder, us at our worst, the stupidest guy doing the cruelest thing to the weakest being. — George Saunders

Sometimes a story catches your imagination so much it has to be told. That is what I love about writing. It lets the images in your mind burst forth into words drawing a vivid picture that takes you away on a journey that would otherwise be impossible. — S. E. Smith

When I finish a sentence, after much labor, it's finished. A certain point comes at which you can't do any more work on it because you know it will kill the sentence. — John Banville

A woman who shaves or otherwise depilates her pubic curls has a profound interest in recreational sex. — Maureen Johnson

The example of America must be the example not merely of peace because it will not fight, but of peace because peace is the healing and elevating influence of the world, and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right. — Woodrow Wilson

Even though probably the majority of homosexuals are not oriented towards young people, there is a significant number that are, especially the men ... male homosexuality has historically been not adult to adult it has been adult to teenager — Scott Lively

Hope. It's an amazing thing. It grows inside of you like a vine and wraps around your heart, making it warm. Until someone stomps on it. — Vi Keeland