Dirait Quotes & Sayings

She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer, Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won! — George Meredith

If the reader looks, I think he will find plenty of moral and political ideas in my stories. — Italo Calvino

And the true heart of us, our human kind, is that we're connected, at our best, by purities of love found in no other creature. — Gregory David Roberts

Some of the longest home runs I've hit, I didn't actually realize they were going that far. Everyone says, 'What does it feel like to hit the ball that far?' Actually, there's no feeling at all. I know when the ball meets the bat whether or not it's left the park. It's a nice easy thing. — Mark McGwire

Well, that was the end of me, the real end. Two pound ten every Tuesday and a room of the Gray's Inn Road. Saved, rescued and with my place to hide in - what more did I want? I crept in and hid. The lid of the coffin shut down with a bang. Now I no longer wish to be loved, beautiful, happy or successful. I want one thing and one thing only - to be left alone. No more pawings, no more pryings - leave me alone. — Jean Rhys

I've always felt that to deliver a song successfully, you have to be an actress. A good actress becomes the part, just as a good singer becomes the song. — Vesta Williams

[ ... ]No book can be really complete in this life; it has to end where the author's time and understanding end. There is always something left unsaid. I look forward to the life to come as the unending last chapter of all the good books I have ever read. — Kathryn Lindskoog

What kind of city doesn't have a football team? Explain that to me, Wes." "They do have one," I point out. "The Argonauts." Richard narrows his eyes. "Is it an NFL team?" "Well, no, it's CFL, but - " "Then they don't have a team," he says firmly. I stifle a laugh. — Sarina Bowen

Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds. — Robert A. Heinlein