Cidney Lei Quotes & Sayings

Although wisdom is built on life experiences, the mere accumulation of years guarantees nothing. — Sonia Sotomayor

Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it. — Steven Wright

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the market, etc. — Claire Messud

I miss you, all right." "You should. I'm fucking awesome. — Suzanne Wright

I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes. — Liu Xiaobo

I think anorexia is a metaphor. It is a young woman's statement that she will become what the culture asks of its women, which is that they be thin and nonthreatening. Anorexia signifies that a young woman is so delicate that, like the women of China with their tiny broken feet, she needs a man to shelter and protect her from a world she cannot handle. Anorexic women signal with their bodies "I will take up only a small amount of space. I won't get in the way." They signal "I won't be intimidating or threatening." (Who is afraid of a seventy-pound adult?) — Mary Pipher

Is it worse to double park if you're cross eyed? — Neil Leckman

We're in fact on plan. And where we stand today is not, in my view, only acceptable but truly remarkable. — Tommy Franks

Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself ... — Ivan Turgenev

Love yourself and realize that whatever you attempt to achieve in Life is a direct reflection of you ... — Joe Greene

I'm restless and harsh and despairing. Although I do have love inside me. I just don't know how to use love. Sometimes it tears at my flesh, like barbs. If I can hold so much love within me, and nevertheless continue to be uneasy, it's because I need God to come. Come, before it's too late. I'm in danger, as is everyone who's alive. — Clarice Lispector

The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill. — George Mikes

Her grief was so big and wild it terrified her, like an evil beast that had erupted from under the floorboards. — J.K. Rowling