Ayyan Ali Quotes & Sayings

An old man stood by the window, his hands clasped behind his back. He had probably been waiting for them in this exact pose. He was, quite obviously, a dick. — Derek Landy

Parker fixated on the envelope's precise penmanship as she lifted it. Her grandmother rarely took the time to write her own name in the return address, let alone give it the aesthetic attention that this one so seemed to demand. Once, when Parker questioned her on this, her grandmother casually asserted that she "didn't quite believe in envelopes" as if this were a debatable concept like Socialism or wearing white after Labor Day. — Abby Slovin

To iterate is human, to recurse divine. — L Peter Deutsch

I had the gift, and arrived at the technique
That called up spirits from the vasty deep... — Anthony Hecht

Normal people have nothing to forget. — Emile M. Cioran

A grieving son was given the opportunity to write parting words on a card at his mother's funeral. He quoted the verse, And morning came and Jesus was standing on the shore. — Megan McKenna

For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a part of my life. It was what I did and who I was. But over the years I did find the opportunity to realize my childhood dream of writing crime fiction. — Marcia Clark

I don't talk people into the Kingdom, I listen them into it! — Gary Poole

Dozens of books. I wonder if she's read them all, or if she just needs them for comfort. Maybe she uses them as an escape from her real life. — Colleen Hoover

And none will hear the postman's knock
Without a quickening of the heart.
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? — W. H. Auden

Without Spam, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army. — Nikita Khrushchev

In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want to know why, you can tell them this story. — Ronald Reagan

Our measure of hope is in direct proportion to our ability to conquer hopelessness. — LeeAnn Taylor

What silence rules the ghostly hours
That guard the close of human sleep!
("The Testimony of the Suns") — George Sterling

whose work also hangs in numerous museums. — Nicholas Sparks