Driskells Quotes & Sayings

Writing is harmless, and it keeps me in dinners and out of trouble. — Paul Bowles

Every murder is a suicide. — Elie Wiesel

But Dad was no longer breathing. That was what had happened to him, the connection with the air had been broken, now it pushed against him like any other object, a log, a gasoline can, a sofa. He no longer poached air, because that is what you do when you breathe, you trespass, again and again you trespass on the world. He was lying somewhere in town now. — Karl Ove Knausgard

I like the one about the little soulworms that fly out of the nest for the resurrection. — Henry Miller

There is a wavering expression in hereyes, like she is a heap of leaves aboutto be scattered by the wind — Veronica Roth

Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire. — Neville Marriner

I didn't run for mayor because everything was going great in Baltimore in 1999. — Martin O'Malley

It's all right,' he insisted, 'I'm perfectly well. Thought I heard, well, a noise
that startled me. But it was nothing. Just overcome with the tea fumes, I expect — Douglas Adams

Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest. — Thomas De Quincey

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas. — Nicholas Sparks

The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future. — Garrison Keillor

Eleven-year-old paranoia was powerful. Eleven-year-old relief was euphoric. — Markus Zusak

Prayer is a perfect harmony with God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The good thing about being old is not being young. — Stephen Richards

She suggested we 'crouch' buck nekkid on the bed or a dresser and leap out at him from the shadows.
Now, my husband can't see all that well in the dark. I think if he comes into a darkened bedroom and finds 140 pounds of cellulite hurtling through space at him, he's going to run like the devil. — Celia Rivenbark