Chihiro Nakao Quotes & Sayings

My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone. — Anne Lamott

author" meant "father," from the Latin word for "master," auctor. Auctor-ship implied authority, something that, in most of the world, had been the divine right of kings and religious leaders since Gilgamesh ruled Uruk four thousand years earlier. It was not to be shared with mere mortals. An "inventor," from invenire, "find," was a discoverer, not a creator, until the 1550s. "Credit," from credo, "trust," did not mean "acknowledgment" until the late sixteenth century. — Kevin Ashton

If you ever become a mother, can I have one of the puppies? — Charlie Pierce

It's my privilege," I said carefully, trying not to tweak his pride, "to do those things that are easier for me than for you. You do the same for me. Let me deal with her. — Patricia Briggs

Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest. — Sam Levenson

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey. — John Ruskin

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them. — St. Jerome

Never guess a woman's age. Never guess a woman's weight. Never even talk about weight in front of a woman. And never, ever ask a woman when she's due. — Lyle Lovett

Why her, anybody but that motherfucking angel, anybody but his Angel — Lucian Bane

You sometimes had to force people to say things they would rather not articulate, just so they could hear their own words. It was interesting the way people could know things and not know them at the same time. Denial, he said, was like a thick stone wall. — Nell Freudenberger

What most people see is a badge, behind and beyond the badge is what they need to know...the person. — Donna Brown

Am I beautiful? It is for you alone. Say that you love me, for without you I cannot live. — Mary Renault

I AM WILLING TO LET GO OF MY SELF-DOUBT. I SURRENDER TO SELF-LOVE. — Gabrielle Bernstein