Anne Sophie Swetchine Quotes & Sayings

In Russian fairy tales, the narrative flows a little differently. In those stories, you won't find a tale for Cinderella, one for Snow White, one for Rapunzel. Instead, a peculiar cast of characters recurs over and over, in nearly every story, performing different acts and suffering different sorrows, but remaining the same. Ivan the Fool. Yelena the Bright. Baba Yaga. Vasilisa the Brave. Koschei the Deathless. — Catherynne M Valente

He's bald," she said.
"He shaved the top of his head because he felt his hair acted as a barrier between him and God."
"Wow. Really?"
"No. — Tiffany Reisz

By 21, I was earning six figures a week. By 23, I had a Ferrari. It was nuts. — Michael J. Fox

Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude. — Rebel Wilson

If you can't fall asleep, learn how to meditate. I would recommend you listen to a beautiful tape called Spiritual Power, Spiritual Practice [Energy Evaluation Meditations For Morning and Evening, 1998]. It was the one that got me out of my writer's block when I was writing Caramelo. It's by Carolyn Myss. — Sandra Cisneros

I want her face to feel at home on an ancient coin, he said. I want her eyes to harm me. — Miriam Toews

Love is a state of the heart, but also, an activity. And quite an awesome one. — Carolyn Crane

The word "can't" should be erased from the dictionary. It is an excuse for I don't want to even try. — J.M. Brown

You have to change musically. Bubble gum pop was good for the first time you have sex. They didn't want to give the OK on some really good music. It was the frustration of being signed to that label. I was depressed. — Leif Garrett

My entire history with the Navy have been trying to get the Navy to focus on families and child care and all the things that they were way behind in - housing, all of those things. — Patricia Schroeder

The incomprehensible pleases us, the inexplicable is our friend. — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova