Doodtij Quotes & Sayings

She couldn't quite believe it, even after all these years. It was a phenomenon of stupendous and unjustifiably useless extravagance. Yet here it lay, soft and powdery, edibly pure. — Michel Faber

I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college. — Dakota Fanning

Walter broke off a piece of a smile and tucked it into his left cheek as if reserving it for future use. — Michael Chabon

Success by one's efforts is the achievement gained through ability, not through deception. — Waheed Ibne Musa

He was watching me, and he chuckled.
"Do you know how a man tames a wolf?" he asked me.
"No," I said.
"You get some clothing that you've been wearing for a while, and you toss it in with her. In the cage or the cavern where she sleeps. That first one, she rips up, shreds it to nothing. The second one, she just mouths it a bit, gets a taste. Inhales, like you're doing there. The third but of clothing, she starts dragging it around, loving on it, sleeping with it. And then you've got her under your spell. She's got the scent of you, wants to keep it around. She'll follow you everywhere."
"Are you calling me a wolf?" I asked.
"Are you calling me a man?" he said. — Delilah S. Dawson

My religion of life is always to be cheerful. — George Meredith

I don't have to do a lot to my eyebrows. My mom always told me not to pluck them, which is great advice. — Arizona Muse

Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and soul together was an achievement, to the great present when "good" includes an agreeable, stable civilization accessible to all, the opportunity of each to develop his particular genius and the privilege of mutual usefulness. — Frances Perkins

To change, to convert? Why bother? — Lionel Blue

Sometimes God allows storms to come together in such a way that they ultimately fulfill something that would never have happened otherwise. — Beth Moore

A 99% Value-at-Risk calculation does not evaluate what happens in the last one percent ... This is like an airbag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident. — David Einhorn

Most things good for writing are bad for life. — Lorrie Moore