Andavamo Quotes & Sayings

Argument is to me the air I breathe. — Gertrude Stein

We visit bookshops not so often to buy any one special book, but rather to rediscover, in the happier and more expressive words of others, our own encumbered soul. — Christopher Morley

I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person. — Spalding Gray

Our common humanity, viewed realistically, can be as much a source of despair as hope. — Lawrence H. Keeley

The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me. — Mae Jemison

I took the stairs and felt like my childhood took the elevator. — Drew Barrymore

Do you ever think of her?' she asked.
They were quiet again.
All the time,' Ruth said. A chill ran down my spine. 'Sometimes I think she's lucky, you know. I hate this place.'
Me too,' Ray said. 'But I've lived other places. This is just a temporary hell, not a permanent one.'
You're not implying...'
She's in heaven, if you believe in that stuff.'
You don't?'
I don't think so, no.'
I do,' Ruth said. 'I don't mean la-la angel wing crap, but I do think there's a heaven.'
Is she happy?'
It is heaven, right?'
But what does that mean?'
The tea was stone-cold and the first bell had already rung. Ruth smiled into her cup. 'Well, as my dad would say, it means she's out of this shithole.'

~pgs 82-83 — Alice Sebold

I think everybody has had the experience at some point when they feel that there's more to life than just matter. But I think it's very important to keep that under control and not to hand it over to be exploited by priests and shamans and rabbis and other riffraff. — Christopher Hitchens

My goal is to create an image that would remind you of something that you haven't seen before. — Robert Legato

Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere in the world. We are losing our first-line antimicrobials. Replacement treatments are more costly, more toxic, need much longer durations of treatment, and may require treatment in intensive care units. — Margaret Chan

I'm ready to create. — John Galliano

I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times. — Jay McInerney

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave. — Gilbert Parker