Bummers Shorts Quotes & Sayings

A bad marriage is a season in hell — Bangambiki Habyarimana

No slave is a slave to the same lengths, and in so full a sense of the word, as a wife is. — John Stuart Mill

In the worst memoirs, you can feel the author justifying himself - forgiving himself - in every paragraph. In the best memoirs, the author is tougher on him- or herself than his or her readers will ever be. — Darin Strauss

He should have known someone like Lucien de Malheur would offer no loyalty, no male solidarity. — Anne Stuart

He knew he tended toward gloom. It made him consider blood poisoning and heart attacks when someone else might see a touch of indigestion. Those carefully considered worst-case scenarios made him a good doctor, but they also made him feel like a dark little raincloud.
When Lydia Charingford was around, though, he felt like a smiling dark little raincloud. — Courtney Milan

As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty. — Leonard Cohen

We can no longer completely avoid anthropogenic climate change. At best, limiting the temperature rise to two degrees is just about possible, according to optimistic estimates. That's why we should spend more time talking about adjusting to the inevitable and not about reducing CO2 emissions. We have to take away people's fear of climate change. — Hans Von Storch

People imagined the Cockaigne ("Land of Plenty") menu as full of delectable meats such as hare, deer and wild boar . all which let themselves be caught. Grilled fish leaped out of rivers of wine onto your plate. Roast geese waddled down streets paved in pastry, just begging to be eaten. Flying pigs and buttered birds fell from the sky like rain, directly into people's mouths. People lived in edible houses made of pancake roofs and walls made of sausage. — Bob Eckstein

No composer has yet caught this rhythm of America - it is too mighty for the ears of most. — Isadora Duncan

A Tree with strong roots and Branches will overcome every Storm and will have every Year new Leaves. — Jan Jansen

The New York Times is the worst newspaper in the world and it's extremely vicious to artists. — James Purdy

Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded ... — Edgar Allan Poe

Every path is the right path. Everything could've been anything else. And it would have just as much meaning. — Mr. Nobody