Cinquante Cinq Quotes & Sayings

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. — Don DeLillo

I felt a familiar squeezing in what I thought must be my heart. I had heard of being "heartbroken" or "heavy-hearted" but I had never known it was an actual sensation one felt when the whole world abandons you. — Robin Hobb

I have many friends in Special Forces, and the amazing thing about these guys is how quickly they can read someone. — Mike Vogel

Where he saw a page of words, his friend saw the field of hesitations, black holes, and possibilities between the words. Where his friend saw dappled light, the felicity of flight, the sadness of gravity, he saw the solid form of a common sparrow. — Nicole Krauss

Is there anything you can't do? I ask, only halfway joking. She considers. There are plenty of things I've never done. Fly a plane. Speak Chinese. But nothing I can think of that I couldn't learn or find a way around. — Amy Plum

I've played my fair share of unpleasant character, and I have to tell you that you sleep better when you're playing fun characters. You think you don't take it home with you, at the end of the filming day, but subconsciously, there's something floating around in the background there. — James D'arcy

I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency. — Roh Moo-hyun