Billiards At Half Past Nine Quotes & Sayings

Given that I don't know anything, when I am making up stories about the future, why not make it a good story instead of a scary one? — Sharon Weil

In my opinion it's a shame that there is so much work in the world. — William Faulkner

Our debt to tradition through reading and conversation is so massive, our protest so rare and insignificant-and this commonly on the ground of other reading and hearing-that in large sense, one would say there is no pure originality. All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. It is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I got home I peered down at the lobster to see how he was doing. The inner plastic bag was sucked tight around him and clouded up. It looked like something out of an eighties made-for-TV movie, with some washed-up actress taking too many pills and trying to off herself with a Macy's bag. — Julie Powell

Whatever you're concerned about will lead you to what you'll worship. And on what you worship hinges your destiny. — Russell D. Moore

He knows about things like betrayal, and being afraid, and the looks on people's faces when they know you did something they thought impossible — Tamora Pierce

My mom always used to say that average people are the most special people in the world. And that's why God made so many. — Michael Scott

Champagne is the one thing that gives me zest when I am tired. — Brigitte Bardot

I'm kind of A.D.D., and so my mind wanders a lot. — Hunter Parrish

Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, but it's true. — Karen Finerman

I sit on the bed and kick off my shoes, and he kneels before me and takes the riding boots, holding one open for my bare foot. I hesitate; it is such an intimate gesture between a young woman and a man. His smiling upward glance tells me that he understands my hesitation but is ignoring it. I point my toe and he holds the boot, I slide my foot in and he pulls the boot over my calf. He takes the soft leather ties and fastens the boot, at my ankle, then at my calf, and then just below my knee. He looks up at me, his hand gently on my toe. I can feel the warmth of his hand through the soft leather. I imagine my toes curling in pleasure at his touch.

'Anne, will you marry me?' he asks simply, as he kneels before me. — Philippa Gregory

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. — Idries Shah

My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn't remember one conversation I had with them about religion. — Mohsin Hamid

Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it. America has become more politically correct. — Montel Williams