Andestan Quotes & Sayings

Leaving this changeling for George, she washed his ripe fruit, and bit and broke the skin. An intense tang, the underside of velvet. Then flesh dissolved in a rush of nectar. Juice drenched her hand and wet the inside of her wrist. She had forgotten, if she'd ever know, that what was sweet could also be so complicated, that fruit could have a nap, like fabric, soft one way, sleek the other. — Allegra Goodman

I believe strongly in 'giving while living.' I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today. Besides, it's a lot more fun to give while you live than to give while you are dead. — Chuck Feeney

If a man fights with truth, in time, he will be victorious. If he fights with lies, after he is exposed; in time, he will be left alone. — Tonny K. Brown

There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music. — Edward Hirsch

People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single. — Lewis Black

How do I explain that my greatest fear is precisely in relation to ... to being?" (5) — Clarice Lispector

There was no light at the end of the tunnel
or if there was, it was an oncoming train. — Terry Pratchett

When you want to be a good player in next years worldcup you wanna be in good shape to appear strong at the tournament. — Thomas Muller

The red carpet is very important. You have to be very careful to have the right person dressed in right way. For me, it has to be a perfect look. — Carolina Herrera

Does the Japanese race, wonders Jacob, derive gratification from self-inflicted misery? — David Mitchell

And I would have answered:
The knottier the branch, the more twisted and misshapen, the more bent people called it, the harder it is to find it a place among the smooth planks, the more people agree that it should be thrown on the fire, the more useless it is, the more unsuitable for anything except letting one's imagination run riot, the more I covet it, the more I yearn to weigh it in my hand, the more I long to let my whittling knife be guided by its knots and veins ... Yes, bring that piece to me ... — Sjon

May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. — R.P. Dahlke

But politeness and candour run together, when one is not fitting neither is the other. Then the occasion calls for silence, that frail partition between the ill-concealed and the ill-revealed, the clumsily false and the unavoidably so. — Samuel Beckett

Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?" If so, he says, "You may be outscored but you will never lose. — Carol S. Dweck

I don't like the idea of telling private business owners - I abhor racism. I think it's a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant - but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership. But I absolutely think there should be no discrimination in anything that gets any public funding. — Rand Paul