Defrange Mcalester Quotes & Sayings

We have no authoritative figure, no Walter Cronkite or Edward R. Murrow whom we all listen to and trust to sort out contradictory claims. Instead, the media is splintered into a thousand fragments, each with its own version of reality, each claiming the loyalty of a splintered nation. — Barack Obama

Don't piss your life away with suicide ... it's a bullshit way out. — Gerard Way

It's about average for us. Behavior always draws more than survey. We're the sexy ones,' Nate said with a grin.
Amy snorted. 'Oh, yeah, you guys are the Mae Wests of the nerd world.'
We're action nerds,' Nate said. 'Adventure nerds. Nerds of romance. — Christopher Moore

So instead of not-writing, I am painting. I'm not a painter, but I make paintings anyway. I use glass and oil-based house paint, which is toxic, and which you can't buy just anywhere anymore. It's being phased out in favor of latex, which doesn't stick to glass, and acrylic, which I haven't tried. Stacked on my garage windowsill are seventeen quarts of the stuff in various primary colors, in case the whole world stops selling it. I love the oiliness, I love how it spreads on the surface of the glass, how tipped at an angle it rolls and drips, and merges. I love how one color overtakes another on the downward slide. — Abigail Thomas

Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension. — Bill Watterson