Aliksanian Lori Quotes & Sayings

Something begins in order to end: an adventure doesn't let itself be extended it achieves significance only through its death. — Jean-Paul Sartre

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. — Witold Gombrowicz

We lived in a culture that denied any merit to literary works, considering them important only when they were handmaidens to something seemingly more urgent
namely ideology. This was a country where all gestures, even the most private, were interpreted in political terms. The colors of my head scarf or my father's tie were symbols of Western decadence and imperialist tendencies. Not wearing a beard, shaking hands with members of the opposite sex, clapping or whistling in public meetings, were likewise considered Western and therefore decadent, part of the plot by imperialists to bring down our culture. — Azar Nafisi

They (the youth of Australia) are out there clamouring in all forms of voice, and they are not so much hedging us older Australians aside as saying, 'For heaven's sake, listen to us and empower us to help drive this country towards a wonderful future.' — Peter Cosgrove

if money go before, all ways do lie open. — William Shakespeare

I really forget that I have no arms or legs sometimes. — Nick Vujicic

Intoxicated with madness, I'm in love with my sadness — Sylvia Plath

Nothing like ADHD and a good fight to the death to make time fly — Rick Riordan

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first. — Billy Sunday

There is someone looking through the befogged glass, he opens the glass door of the bar, everything is misty, inside, too, as if seen by nearsighted eyes, or eyes irritated by coal dust. — Italo Calvino

You might be a redneck if motel 6 turns off the lights when they see you coming. — Jeff Foxworthy

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people s hands, people used to be shocked because they d never seen this before. To me it was quite normal. — Princess Diana

I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave. — Jewel

I don't wait for inspiration. I get up and write every day. — Cathy Marie Buchanan