Chromosomally Mediated Quotes & Sayings

There haven't been civilizations without cities. But what about cities without civilizations? An inhuman thing, if possible, to have so many people together who beget nothing on one another. No, but it is not possible, and the dreary begets its own fire, and so this never happens. — Saul Bellow

No one is ever lost. No one needs to be saved. Open your inner eyes and see it all existing in harmony and love. — Raphael Zernoff

We can accommodate Mr. Delgado as well. (LaCrosse)
'He'd agreed with polite grace, but he wasn't particularly happy. Someone had him by the short hairs and was braiding them.' (Carlos) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. — Thomas Jefferson

I think the 'Boxers' book was easier for me to envision as a comic, because they were on this epic journey. These teenagers basically gathered into this army and marched to the capital city where they had a showdown with the Europeans and Japanese. On the 'Saints' side, it was a lot trickier. — Gene Luen Yang

That's when it happens. Maybe it was my argument. Maybe it was my scary zeal. Whatever the reason, as soon as Megan whistles, the crowd is on its feet.
They're blowing bubbles. They're raising their lighters high.
They're cheering through their fangs ...
For Dawn Summers, for themselves and each other, for every sibling who got tossed into a situation beyond her control.
For me.
And for my sister, who whistles again ...
Once more with feeling. — Cynthia Leitich Smith

There's nothing worse than the one that got away. It haunts you for weeks like a bad dream, eats away at your psyche like a termite on softened wood. — Bruce Littlefield

I ran into the preacher, said God was on my side, then I ran into the hangman. — Neil Young

I shovel [money] out, and God shovels it back ... but God has a bigger shovel! — R. G. LeTourneau

I have always been independent. — Mo Yan

There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough. — William Stafford

I am blessed beyond the realms of blessedness, and easily the greatest pleasure is giving it away — Joanna Lumley

Happiness is not squeezing yourself into someone else's box. — Dayanara Ryelle