Armintrouts West Quotes & Sayings

She was looking for a husband, partly because she was afraid no one might want her, partly because
she couldn't decide what to do with herself until that problem was solved, partly because everyone else was looking for a husband. — A.S. Byatt

Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained — Idries Shah

My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know about it. So her undying support of her kids went a long way in proving to us that we were on the right path. — Marlo Thomas

I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States. — Althea Gibson

The idea of the book [Japanes Lover] came in a conversation that I had with a friend walking in the streets of New York. We were talking about our mothers, and I was telling her how old my mother was, and she was telling me about her mother. Her mother was Jewish, and she said that she was in a retirement home and that she had had a friend for 40 years that was a Japanese gardener. This person had been very important in my friend's upbringing. — Isabel Allende

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I feel called to be faithful. — Greg Boyle

When I wrote my book I wanted to love someone. I wanted to be in love. Now I know that I shall never be in love - and I no longer wish to be. — Mary MacLane

We spent the next two hours holding each other, Adrian's fingers kneading his history across my skin. My vertebrae became pinpoints on the time line he lingered upon, as I kissed my questions along his shoulders and neck. — Jessica Topper

I'm not running for Vice President, I'm not looking to be anyone's vice president, I want to be the president ... — Marco Rubio