Devaluates Quotes & Sayings

The literary man? An indiscreet man, who devaluates his miseries, divulges them, tells them like so many beads: immodesty-the sideshow of second thoughts-is his rule; he offers himself. — Emile M. Cioran

There are no kinder, more generous, more welcoming, more hospitable people in America than in the 92 counties of Indiana. — Mike Pence

Attachment comes only where we expect a return. — Swami Vivekananda

It's funny: one starts off thinking one is shrinkingly sensitive & intelligent & always one down & all the rest of it: then at thirty one finds one is a great clumping brute, incapable of appreciating anything finer than a kiss or a kick, roaring our one's hypocrisies at the top of one's voice, thick skinned as a rhino. At least I do. — Philip Larkin

I am having a good time doing nothing. — Phylicia Rashad

Maybe we are trying to meet every single person in order to be sure we have the best. Maybe we have it all wrong. — Aziz Ansari

Just as the camera draws a stake through the heart of serious portraiture, television has killed the novel of social reportage. — Jonathan Franzen

As a society in turmoil, we are going to see more, and more various, attempts to simulate order through repression; and art is a historical target for such efforts. — Adrienne Rich

Some people think destiny is something you cannot escape, such as death or a curdled cheesecake, both of which always turn up sooner or later. — Lemony Snicket

It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing. — Joan Allen