Deadened The Sound Quotes & Sayings

Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life. — Tom Stoppard

I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence. — Russell Brand

When a Quebecker is interviewed for French TV, he or she is often subtitled in 'normal' French, as if the language they speak in francophone Canada is so barbarous that Parisians won't be able to understand — Stephen Clarke

A lot of my girlfriends are always telling me they're really strong independent women, but they've got their boy on the side, and they only go over when he calls. — Estelle

And for that moment, my heart is lifting too fast to be scared of falling. — David Levithan

If you don't surrender to God, don't think you don't surrender. Everybody surrenders
to something. — E. Stanley Jones

Adrian ordered a martini, earning disapproving looks from his father and me.
'It's barely noon,' said Nathan.
'I know,' said Adrian. 'I'm surprised I held out that long too. — Richelle Mead

Come back down here, heat supply," I commanded. "I'm going to close my eyes and you are
going to tell me about math so I can fall asleep. Tell me some theorems. Is that what you called them?
Tell me how Einstein knew e equals mc squared. And start with once upon a time ... okay?"
"You're a little bossy, you know that?"
"I know. I have to be. It's to make up for not being born with a calculator. Now share your wisdom,
Infinity."
"Once upon a time - "
I giggled and Finn immediately shushed me, continuing on with his "story. — Amy Harmon

Wilderness, wilderness ... We scarcely know what we mean by the term, though the sound of it draws all whose nerves and emotions have not been irreparably stunned, deadened, numbed by the caterwauling of commerce, the sweating scramble for profit and domination. — Edward Abbey

I never write down to my audiences. I respect honest sentiment and honest pratfalls. — Preston Sturges

Sometimes you read something and it's just
it doesn't invite a reader ... Sometimes you read something and it's not saying, 'oh come in, come in have a seat. I'm going to tell you what happened.' Perhaps my writing comes off as conversational ... and that takes effort. — David Sedaris

Most actors have a process that they can go through, that they rely on, or that they've discovered, and that can evolve from project to project. — Thomas Jane