Bonaventura Cavalieri Quotes & Sayings

When the babies were very young, I found it difficult to write. I told myself each time that it would be different, I was used to it now, but with every child, for the first four months, I would accomplish nothing. — Ayelet Waldman

-"What's that for?"
-"Have a little bread with your ice cream," she told me. — Astrid Amara

This was a letter to be run through eagerly, to be read deliberately, to supply matter for much reflection, and to leave everything in greater suspense than ever. — Jane Austen

Real life is disobliging. People like to think, or feel, in black and white. Having to assess the relative values of all those intermediate greys is tiresome and perplexing. — Colin Watson

I spent maybe a week all day every day working on the wall, my first legal wall because I was just so excited and it was nice to be able to chill and relax and work on the piece instead of doing it quickly and running from the cops or whatever. Then it just really grew from there. Other people saw it and appreciated the skill. — Alec Monopoly

Mellow doesn't always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life. — Anne Hathaway

In those days industry would hire any chemist that could breathe. — William Standish Knowles

I wasn't one to judge others when it came to fashion choices, but even I knew he'd drawn the short straw in the apocalyptic wardrobe department. — Violet Cross

We can't go on ... having regular bowel movements ... while creation happens! — Poul Anderson