A Border Comedy Quotes & Sayings

Lance Armstrong has a 17th-century, 15-foot Spanish fresco of the crucifixion hanging on the wall of his Austin mansion. This doesn't mean - and some of you Armstrong acolytes might want to sit down for this - that Lance is Jesus. — Stephen Rodrick

We binge on instant knowledge, but we are learning the hazards, and readers are warier than they used to be of nanosecond-interpretations of Supreme Court decisions. — Evan Osnos

There was no going back and that was exactly what she craved.
Deep breath.
"Consent. — Jennifer Kacey

Dream of me, he said.
Dream of you? I'm doing that while I'm awake. — Erin McCahan

There's a mysterious alter ego in everyone. Some call it hallucination, some call it art. — Bhavik Sarkhedi

When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm. — Samantha Power

Allegories are told with a purpose whose possibility is lost
Until a potato-eater appears and eats potatoes
— Lyn Hejinian

So you can make me promise, you shit - and I did promise you - but if you think your losing your sight is going to make me leave you, you're so fucking wrong. And I'll spend the rest of my days proving it to you. — S.E. Jakes

Whatever we are we belong together. Wherever we are, we will find each other. Whoever we are we are forever one. — Leonard Nimoy

Faith acquires what the Law requires; nay, the Law requires, in order that faith may acquire what is thus required; nay, more, God demands of us faith itself, and finds not what he thus demands, until by giving he makes it possible to find it. — John Calvin

As long as there have been men on earth, reflected the Count, there have been men in exile. From primitive tribes to the most advanced societies, someone has occasionally been told by his fellow men to pack his bags, cross the border, and never set foot on his native soil again. But perhaps this was to be expected. After all, exile was the punishment that God meted out to Adam in the very first chapter of the human comedy; and that He meted out to Cain a few pages later. Yes, exile was as old as mankind. But the Russians were the first people to master the notion of sending a man into exile at home. — Amor Towles