Bushkin Pumpkin Quotes & Sayings

I fell in love when I was twenty-six. Love in my interpretation comes once in a lifetime. — Nick Joaquin

Literally since I could walk ... I was performing. — Lyndsy Fonseca

All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later. — Joyce Carol Oates

With a perfectly straight face he said, "If I need an item, I go into the store and buy it. Why would I waste time going into a store if I didn't need to buy anything?" "For sheer shopping pleasure? The joy of being a consumer?" she offered. Ronin continued to give her a blank stare. — Lorelei James

Who's there?" replied Alaska.
"Who."
"Who Who?"
"What are you, an owl?" I finished. Lame. — John Green

With this book in my hands, reading aloud to my friends, questioning them, explaining to them, I was made clearly to understand that I had no friends, that I was alone in the world. Because in not understanding the meaning of the words, neither I nor my friends, one thing became very clear and that was that there were ways of not understanding and that the difference between the non-understanding of one individual and the non-understanding of another created a world of terra firma even more solid than differences of understanding. — Henry Miller

I fight on. I fight to win. — Margaret Thatcher

I will admit it sometimes felt strange to me to make the confession to someone and later catch them laughing, or flirting, or eating a sandwich, instead of tearing at the injustice of it all or sitting quietly at the center of a grand and monstrous grief. The disaster of my life might be only the worst thing another person heard that afternoon; they might have forgotten by dinnertime; they might have been more heartbroken by watching certain movies. — Jennifer DuBois

The various forms of despair at the various stations on the road. — Franz Kafka

Richard is my son now," her father was saying.
Margaret leaned over him. "No," she said, her voice harsh. "No, he is not."
"He will be, when - "
"By your definition, I am the only son you will ever have." He blinked at her. "I beg your pardon?"
She hadn't known she was going to say it, but the words seemed right coming out of her mouth. "...A continuation through the female line is not traditional, but the excuse will suffice. So understand this: I will choose the next Duke of Parford. I will inherit the estate. I will have the entailed property. — Courtney Milan

We're eyeball to eyeball ... and I think the other fellow just blinked. — Dean Rusk

If there was a pill that allowed you to drink and not get drunk, an alcoholic would go What happens if you take two? — Robin Williams

A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree