Clavering Stationers Quotes & Sayings

A burnt child loves the fire. — Oscar Wilde

I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionist ... I am glad I was in the Stonewall riot. I remember when someone threw a Molotov cocktail, I thought, My god, the revolution is here. The revolution is finally here! — Sylvia Rivera

That's not the point," he said. "What kind of creep would I be if I let my girl carry something heavy while I walked along, swinging my arms?"
Your girl? "The kind that respects my wishes," she said. "And my strength, and my ... arms."
Levi grinned some more. Because he wasn't taking her seriously. "I have a lot of respect for your arms. I like how they're attached to the rest of you. — Rainbow Rowell

The water was a full unknowable world. — Lewis Robinson

Well, look at the other characters in Winnie the Pooh. They all actually demonstrate that Pooh is the most mentally balanced. There's Tigger, I mean, that tiger just can't stay in the moment and enjoy it. He's too much of a hedonist; he always wants the next adventure. That's not healthy, he'll burn out." I started properly laughing. "And what about Eeyore?" "Well he's a depressive, isn't he? If Eeyore walked into my doctor's office he'd be prescribed with a lifetime supply of antidepressants. And not just because US doctors dole them out like candy canes at Christmas." The music stopped and I found myself clapping without even looking. "But Pooh?" "Pooh lives in the moment. He doesn't fret about the past, or freak about the future. He's an expert at mindfulness." Kyle — Holly Bourne

Marriage is designed to pull dysfunction to the surface of our lives, set it on fire and help us grow. — Tyler Ward

All the tears women shed, they leave no mark on the world ... — Marion Zimmer Bradley

Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company. — Pearl Cleage

I've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together. — Jodie Foster

I've always liked street lights, and I've always photographed them. I probably have a collection of two to three thousand photographs of them, just around the city, mainly at night. — Harmony Korine

Tennis was more than a passing interest, but I found my ability didn't measure up to these West Coast kids who had played 12 months a year and taken it much more seriously than I. — Kevin Warsh

I don't give a damn if they throw me down into the deepest, slimiest pit for eternity. I belong here and no one is going to make me leave. No one! (Selena) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much. — Charlotte Gainsbourg

Although their access to scholarly tools was primitive compared to what is available in our day, their method of biblical interpretation was in some ways more sophisticated and certainly more psychologically astute, in that they were better able to fathom the complex, integrative, and transformative qualities of revelation. Their approach was far less narcissistic than our own tends to be, in that their goal when reading scripture was to see Christ in every verse, and not a mirror image of themselves. — Donald Miller

Honestly I just wear what I like. You know why? 'Cause I can, I'm a rock star. — Amy Lee