Dubus Magazine Quotes & Sayings

My father was a Catholic, a coal miner in the Big Pit. My mother a Jew. A charwoman, when she could find the work. They didn't fit in Wales. Nor in the U.K., either. They didn't fit with each other all that well, for that matter. They fought every day for as long as I can remember and loved each other more than anyone I've ever known. At least they did right up till a night when he looked right and not left at a train crossing in Chepstow and ended up half a mile from where he'd started, dead as the Ghost. Looking for a job, he was. Turned out he didn't need one. — Patrick Reinken

You have two categories of Shoes, Shoes which are dressing a woman or Shoes which are undressing a Woman — Christian Louboutin

Do you think I am too old, Savannah?" he asked softly, taking strands of her hair into his mouth. So soft. So much like silk but even better.
"Not old, Gregori," she corrected gently. "Just old-fashioned. You have a tendency to believe women should always do as they're told."
He found himself laughing. "Not that you do. — Christine Feehan

Cast yourself upon the waters. Trust in your ability to swim. — Marty Rubin

Time had been reset by catastrophe. — Emily St. John Mandel

Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies. — Yotam Ottolenghi

Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those. — Penn Jillette

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it. — Michelangelo Antonioni

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq. — Christine Gregoire

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read. — Ross Perot

He had not stayed, but when he had gone, he hadn't fought, either. He had done nothing but ride twice over the same stretch of prairie, while death had come to both camps. — Larry McMurtry

Where can you go from nowhere, except deeper into nowhere? — Aleksandar Hemon

Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul. — Josh Billings

Nothing is so certain as that which is certain after doubts. Shaking settles and roots. — Richard Sibbes

We each after a while have to become reconciled to what it is that our talents and appetites lead us to. — Tobias Wolff