Assailable Quotes & Sayings

it was forty degrees outside. — Gayle Forman

Joey glanced at his alarm clock and saw it was just before midnight. His eyes drifted to his bookshelf. Lined up in a row, in the order of their publication, were all of the Spook Boys books, a series of kids' books about two adventurous brothers who were constantly getting into mischief as they explored haunted houses and spooky old castles, or tried to solve mysteries involving missing diamonds or stolen paintings. Joey envied the characters in those books - he wanted his own life to be made up of such exciting, implausible adventures. But maybe his imagination had gotten carried away. Maybe his mind, saturated with such fictional tales, was more than willing to play tricks on him when it came to houses like the one on Creep Street. — The Blood Brothers

The implication of nonconformity is intolerable to Communists. — Doan Van Toai

I look most like myself ... when I'm wearing my black, nerdy engineering glasses. — Junot Diaz

Think assailable thoughts, or be lonely. — Jane Hirshfield

Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here? — Shimon Peres

And then what? Said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, Ms. Lane, I didn't mean to wrinkle your lovely blouse. May I press that for you?' Or perhaps you gouged it with one of your pretty pink nails?
I was really beginning to wonder what his hang-up with pink was, but I didn't resent the sarcasm in his voice. — Karen Marie Moning

Big Bird went through his very human kind of struggles as a child. No other children's character has been that complete and detailed. — Caroll Spinney

No matter when you were born or where, puberty is the same. It's the same for your parents as it is for you - what's happening in your body dictates everything. — Francine Pascal