Bernita Landry Quotes & Sayings

An aching vacuum inside her sucking the air from her lungs. She hung her head and wept fiercely, the emptiness inside her growing larger not smaller; she felt as though it would grow so large it would suffocate her just as surely as the sea would have — Alan Brennert

A writer's self-consciousness, for which he is much scorned, is really a mode of interestedness, that inevitably turns outward. — John Updike

If time and space are curved where do all the straight people come from? — R.J. Scott

Now, Ani." Whitney was doing that thing I hate, pronouncing my name "Annie" instead of "Ah-nee." "Luke says the wedding is in Nantucket. Why there?" Because of the privilege inherent in the location, Whitney. Because Nantucket transcends all classes, all areas of the country. Go to South Dakota and tell some sad smug housewife you grew up on the Main Line, and she doesn't know she's supposed to be impressed. Tell her you summer on Nantucket - be sure to verb it like that - and she knows who the fuck she's dealing with. That's why, Whitney. — Jessica Knoll

Be as thankful for it all the time as you expect to be when it has taken form. — Wallace D. Wattles

I have been given a list of 35 white farmers in Mashonaland West alone. We say no to whites owning our land, and they should go ... They can own companies and apartments ... but not the soil. It is ours, and that message should ring loud and clear in Britain and the United States. — Robert Mugabe

Her salary as King's Champion was considerable, and Celaena spent
every last copper of it. Shoes, hats, tunics, dresses, jewelry, weapons,
baubles for her hair, and books. Books and books and books. So many
books that Philippa had to bring up another bookcase for her room. — Sarah J. Maas

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft. — Nick Cannon

Whenever your well-being feels at risk around certain people, make a tactful and swift exit. — Judith Orloff

words are life set down on paper. So seek out the company of others. — Paulo Coelho

Success in life is impossible without relationships. — Sunday Adelaja

I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again. — Judi Dench

You are what you do repeatedly every day. If excellence is something you're striving for, then it's not an accident. It's a habit. — Greg Plitt

When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world. — George Saunders