Cronkhite Gig Quotes & Sayings

It could be worse," he said finally. "Efrenia married an arsonist. Jake's wife is a kleptomaniac. I suppose, a psychopathic spree killer isn't that odd of a choice, considering. — Ilona Andrews

I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud. — Indira Gandhi

See me, how calm I am.
Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others. — Oliver Goldsmith

Determination to enjoyment and praying should be the main goal of life. — Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury

As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel. — Rick Danko

It's best to love your family as you would a Siberian tiger-from a distance, preferably separated by bars. — Stephan Pastis

I am not in favor of immortality. I believe death for humans is the way of getting rid of accumulated errors - as in trial and error. Without death, the old folks would start to gang up on the babies (the new trials). Immortality
> immortal mistakes. — Esther Dyson

To me, everything is always new. People involved in my personal life make fun of me a lot for not being jaded. — John Darnielle

It would occur to him later that the body knows how to fight when it has to. That it's a secret the body keeps, just as it does the secrets of how to run or jump a creek or throw a fuck or - quite likely - die when there's no other choice. That under conditions of extreme stress it simply takes over and does what needs doing while the brain stands off to one side, unable to do anything but whistle and tap its foot — Stephen King

Is it every man and woman's curse to want it all and only get ten percent of it? Or do we ask too much? — Lorna Landvik

Actually creating an animal just so it can die -- it's like being God! I mean personally I'm a Hindu, yeah? I'm not religious or nothing, but you know, I believe in the sanctity of life, yeah? And these people, like, program the mouse, plot its every move, yeah, when it's going to have kids, when it's going to die. It's just unnatural. — Zadie Smith

Just because somebody makes a mistake doesn't make them useless. — Todd Akin

But see, the incredible thing about people is that we forget," Ray continued. "Time passes and somehow the hope creeps back and sooner or later someone else comes along all over again. We go through our lives like that, and either we just accept the lesser relationship
it may not be total understanding, but it's pretty good
or we keep trying for the perfect union, trying and failing, leaving behind us a trail of broken hearts, our own included. In the end, we die as alone as we were born, having struggled to understand others, to make ourselves understood, but having failed in what we once imagined was possible. — Nicole Krauss