Cxlvii Roman Quotes & Sayings

The divorced Indian lady combines every fantasy about the liberated, wicked Western woman with the safety net of basic submissive familiarity. — Bharati Mukherjee

However tight I shut my eyes, there will always be a stray dog somewhere in the world who'll stop me being happy. — Jean Anouilh

The Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection. — Margaret Fuller

A culinary triumph: the ingenious use of food as an offensive weapon. — James Hamilton-Paterson

courage is not the absence of fear; rather, it's choosing to act in spite of the fear. You could say that without fear, you can't have genuine courage. When you do act in courage, you discover that fear doesn't have to stop you. You see that what you thought were your limits are more like starting points. — Bruce H. Wilkinson

Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man. — Wes Montgomery

And then I wonder, does my brother think of me this way? We entered this world together, one after the other, beats in a pulse. But I will be first to leave it. That's what I've been promised. When we were children, did he dare to imagine an empty space beside him where I then stood giggling, blowing soap bubbles through my fingers?
When I die, will he be sorry that he loved me? Sorry that we were twins?
Maybe he already is. — Lauren DeStefano

What a magnificent body, how I should like to see it on the dissecting table. — Ivan Turgenev

My parents were truly severe. — Miuccia Prada

Are not the sane and the insane equal at night as the sane lie a dreaming? — Charles Dickens