Aunt Joy Quotes & Sayings

Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I want to be harder to reach, not easier. — John Waters

Normal is all relative. — Alethea Kontis

The more observing ones may have seen, but discerning people are usually discreet and often kind, for we usually bleed a little before we begin to discern. — Willa Cather

Some people," Aunt Emily answered sharply, "are so busy seeing all sides of every issue that they neutralize concern and prevent necessary action. There's no strength in seeing all sides unless you can act where real measurable injustice exists. A lot of academic talk just immobilizes the oppressed and maintains oppressors in their positions of power. — Joy Kogawa

It's so hard to make a good tee shot after a birdie. — John Updike

I'm a lover, not a fighter. No battles for me. — Jason Mraz

Women endowed with remarkable sensibilities enjoy much; but they also suffer much. — Anna Cora Mowatt

At many points during our nation's history, there have been times - known in our history textbooks as 'panics' - when adverse conditions affecting the financial and economic sectors of the country have caused individuals to hoard more than they need. — Jo Bonner

You'd commit suicide trying to read my mind — Kid Cudi

Life is so short," I said sighing, "the past so long. Shouldn't we turn the page and move on?"
"The past is the future," Aunt Emily shot back — Joy Kogawa

I started playing the violin at age 3, and I was very fortunate because there were people who heard me who were influential in getting me auditions. By the time I was 7, I was playing concerts - it was just ridiculous. — Phil Ramone

... It truly didn't matter if my flesh and bone never returned; the treasures of life could still be salvaged if I was brave enough to look. — Fred Venturini

A close, daily intimacy between two people has to be paid for: it requires a great deal of experience of life, logic, and warmth of heart on both sides to enjoy each other's good qualities without being irritated by each other's shortcomings and blaming each other for them. — Ivan Goncharov

This involves a lengthy restatement, in plain language, of the point made in more Hegelian terms in the Grundrisse. The dual nature of commodities, which can be seen as use-values or exchange-values, affects labour too. What is special about labour, though, is that it is the measure of exchange-value. — Anonymous

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules. — John Irving