Drevsj Quotes & Sayings

I deeply regret the damage my original case caused women. I want the Supreme Court to examine the evidence and have a spirit of justice for women and children. — Norma McCorvey

When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Don't worry if you fall, sweet girl. Youth is made for bruises. — Shannon Celebi

In the classic children's story The Velveteen Rabbit, a stuffed animal becomes "real" because of a child's love. Tamagotchis do not wait passively but demand attention and claim that without it they will not survive. With this aggressive demand for care, the question of biological aliveness almost falls away. We love what we nurture; if a Tamagotchi makes you love it, and you feel it loves you in return, it is alive enough to be a creature. — Sherry Turkle

I've often wondered which, psychiatry or religion, has done more damage. Between them, they about owned it all. — William Brinkley

There was something about the possession of a book that was important to me. Owning it gave me proprietary rights on the story. It meant that I could read as quickly or as slowly as I liked. No expectations, no deadlines, no proscriptions on bent spines or crumpled pages. I was not gentle on my books. I read while I ate, I read in the bathtub. At night, I rolled over on top of my books that had fallen between the covers as I dozed. For me, the worn pages and tattered covers were a sign of devotion. Like the Velveteen Rabbit, the books I read were only real when they were loved. And I understood that love was not always gentle. — Georgia Bell

Crises have a way of thrusting into the limelight hitherto obscure persons, and giving them, for a long or short period, a leading role. — Susan Ertz

I've always jealously guarded my feminine mystique. I've been married twice, and neither of my husbands has ever seen me put my face on. — Laurie Graham

But the gates of my happy childhood had clanged shut behind me; I had become adult enough to recognize the need to conceal unbearable emotions for the sake of others. — Eva Figes

Never go shopping for kiwis in a shoe store. — Karen Salmansohn