Dogmessio Quotes & Sayings

My glitchy adolescent brain was desperate for causalities, for conspiracies that drenched every word, every gesture, with meaning. — Emma Cline

So proper for a circus girl," Mme. Padva says with with a gleam in her eye. "We shall have to loosen those corset laces if we intend to keep you an intimate dinner company."
"I expected the corset unlacing would take place after dinner," Celia says mildly, earning a chorus of laughter.
"We shall keep Miss Bowen as intimate company regardless of the state of her corset," Chandresh says. "Make a note of that," he adds, waving a hand at Marco.
"Miss Bowen's corset is duly noted, sir," Marco replies, and the laghter bubbles over the table again. — Erin Morgenstern

Everyone of any import, from Jesus to George Washington, was white. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Queue consists entirely of fragments of ochered' dialogue, a linguistic vernacular anchored by the long-suffering word stoyat' (to stand). You stood? Yes, stood. Three hours. Got damaged ones. Wrong size. Here's what the line wasn't: a gray inert nowhere. Imagine instead an all-Soviet public square, a hurly-burly where comrades traded gossip and insults, caught up with news left out of the newspapers, got into fistfights, or enacted comradely feats. In the thirties the NKVD had informers in queues to assess public moods, hurrying the intelligence straight to Stalin's brooding desk. Lines shaped opinions and bred ad hoc communities: citizens from all walks of life standing, united by probably the only truly collective authentic Soviet emotions: yearning and discontent (not to forget the unifying hostility toward war veterans and pregnant women, honored comrades allowed to get goods without a wait). — Anya Von Bremzen

When you tell your dreams you gotta tell people you trust, 'cause sometimes they'll snatch your dream right away from you. — Michelle Muriel

Every major accomplishment in a man's life requires a major level of commitment. — Jim George

Let's talk about something exciting. Me. — Charlie Sheen

I'm hard to get rid of." He smiled.
All Tegan's suspicions about the boy came flooding back. "So it seems," she replied icily. — Peter Grimwade

The most effective way of learning is by observation and emulation. — Debasish Mridha

Jim Henson's body was gone, and yet that powerful presence-that undefinable 'something' that compelled men to seek his appreciation and approval, and that women found somehow irresistible-would always remain. Anyone who had ever smiled as Ernie tried to play a rhyming game with Bert, or laughed as Kermit had chased Fozzie off the stage, arms flailing, had felt it. Anyone who had ever wished they could explore a Fraggle hole, save the world with a crystal shard, or dance with a charismatic goblin king had been touched by it. — Brian Jay Jones

The court's recent understanding of religion as a private matter for individuals has plainly become malnourished and impoverished. — Stephen V Monsma

Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos. — Letitia Baldrige