A Memorable Start To Any Book Quotes & Sayings

She was crouched in the corner of the room, eating something off the floor. It was the old woman dressed in endless black. When she looked up this time there was no question she was there for me. She had the face of my mother but much older, her ancient decayed mouth coming closer for her good-night kiss. I steeled myself against her putrid smell, the mouthful of bitter dust, but as her lips touched mine it was like biting into a purple black plum whose fruit was brilliant red, like an explosion of intense joy. Its childhood smell wrinkled my nose with pleasure, its sweet juices ran down my chin, turning into a beautiful black ocean where I floated safely, not lost as I had imagined, but securely tucked away deep in space. — Mary Woronov

For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror. — Barbara Demick

Love wasn't something that could be defined or articulated, it was just something to be felt, it was something that was yours, and it didn't matter if anyone else knew or not. — Various

The day was lit with the beauty of the land forsaken, the night by the horror of returning to it. The day would show her the paradise she had lost; the night, the hell she had fled. — Milan Kundera

To be considered a celebrity, there's a certain lifestyle that comes with that. — Kid Cudi

In this configuration, — Ed Bott

I think I can bring a lot to the triangle offense. Derek Fisher wasn't the tallest guard, but what he did is succeed and have a great career. I'm looking forward to learning from him. I've never played in the system, so I want to get there early. — Shane Larkin

Statement - and then to bring that sense of mission, of purpose, to your — Stephen R. Covey

Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him. — Florence King

Never mind the truth. The past is what I say it is. That is the freedom of teaching the ignorant. — Steven Erikson

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose. — Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I enjoy working with Deborah Ann, I think she's brilliant. It's been a joy. — Rutina Wesley

That's how it is: some people are content to wait till you ask, while others jump right in with the whole story. — Barbara Kingsolver

I have anyway always hoped to write a truly memorable book, the one that you go back to the beginning of and start rereading as soon as you get to the end, the one that you think of in subsequent years as the one that really pointed you in the way you wish to go. I still don't think I have done it. That's life. Halfway to the moon. But on what I have done, I would not really like to set an age-limit. I am always delighted when aunts and grandfathers write to me, saying their nephew/granddaughter has just introduced them to, say, Howl and they couldn't put him down. — Diana Wynne Jones

Kindness suits you."
"Really? I think I'm quite allergic to it. — Derek Landy

Life is forgiving and amazing. Embrace it. Cultivate it. Make it yours! — Amanda Mosher

It was a nice day. — Terry Pratchett