Driftglass By Samuel Quotes & Sayings

I'm inspired by lines, by shapes, when I see a dress on a person, when I see a beauty in a face, whether it's a man from an ancient culture or a beautiful young model. So what inspires me? Life inspires me. — Russell James

Working from home or going on maternity leave is no excuse to let go of your look. The more you schlep around in drawstring pants and tees, the less you're going to be able to pull yourself together when necessary. — Nina Garcia

Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness. — Timothy Keller

Occasionally, don't be afraid to say: This is what we deserve. — Ted Egan

I wish, naturally to prevent the possibility that someone may write an accidental, superficial, incomplete and perhaps untrue picture of me. — Conrad Veidt

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley. — William Arthur Ward

The life of an artist is not so romantic as some might suppose. — Kyle Muntz

We need a cost-effective, high-quality health care system, guaranteeing health care to all of our people as a right. — Hillary Clinton

Driftglass," I said. "You know all the Coca-Cola bottles and cut-crystal punch bowls and industrial silicon slag that goes into the sea?"
I know the Coca-Cola bottles."
They break, and the tide pulls the pieces back and forth over the sandy bottom, wearing the edges, changing their shape. Sometimes chemicals in the glass react with chemicals in the ocean to change the color. Sometimes veins work their way through in patterns like snowflakes, regular and geometric; others, irregular and angled like coral. When the pieces dry, they're milky. Put them in water and they become transparent again. — Samuel R. Delany