Birdsong Sebastian Faulks Quotes & Sayings

As far as 'Birdsong' is concerned, I think the television program made a very honorable attempt at it, but the truth of the matter is that adaptations of long, ambitious books very seldom transfer well to the screen, and why would they? — Sebastian Faulks

Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them. — Steve Martin

I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with the events of magical unlikelihood. — John Perry Barlow

Behind every book for young people and every global product of family entertainment, the hum of boardroom discussion about the politics of the work can be heard. — Marina Warner

Ideally, the star will be replaced within eight hours. This sends the message that no single individual is bigger than the company. — Jack Welch

Every morning the first thing I do is serve my husband a bowl full of praises. More then his stomach I try to keep his ego full. — Megha Khare

Look, I know you think I have a coke problem but I do not. I can quit any time I run out. — Keith Buckley

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules. — Win Butler

Change is more often a rapid transition between two stable states than a continuous transformation at slow and steady rates ... Change occurs in large leaps following a slow accumulation of stress that a system resists until it reaches the breaking point. Heat water, and it eventually boils. Oppress the workers more and more and bring on the revolution. — Stephen Jay Gould

Stop wasting time on Cute Overload! Not getting any younger! Sagittarius: — Michael Murray

Your job gives you authority. Your behavior gives you respect — Irwin Federman

I'm reading Sebastian Faulks's 'Birdsong' at the moment. I read it when I was younger but decided to re-read it, as I remembered really liking it at the time. — Eliza Doolittle

William snorts and wakes up, his hair wild and waving like silver palm fronds. He looks like he might have had a bad dream, and Clare smiles to comfort him. He looks at her as if he's never seen her, or never seen her like this, which isn't so;he's seen her a hundred times just like this, seated across from him deep in thought,flinging her legs over the arm of the chair to get comfortable.
"Oh,here you are",he says. — Amy Bloom