Clairins Quotes & Sayings

Take the one about the time he was sitting next to a clean-living Methodist bishop - at a reception, allegedly, in Canada - when a good-looking young waitress came up and offered them both a glass of sherry from a tray. Churchill took one. But the bishop said, 'Young lady, I would rather commit adultery than take an intoxicating beverage.' At which point Churchill beckoned the girl, and said, 'Come back, lassie, I didn't know we had a choice. — Boris Johnson

why you've been unable to open your heart to anyone. It belongs to someone else. — Penelope Ward

I know he loves talking about death. It just takes him a second to get warmed up. "You know," he says. "It just can't be a bad thing. Because it's everything. — Lena Dunham

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. — Carl Sandburg

For my wife Deborah, for allowing me to bask in her light and become more. — Richard Wagamese