Dumpert Quotes & Sayings

Oh, Irrylath,Irrylath, we squaundered our two years together. — Meredith Ann Pierce

Rachel, who before her marriage had been a promising pianist, and now sat with the baby on her knee, picking out nursery tunes with one finger. Nev said it wouldn't be like that, and she believed him - or at least she believed he meant it - but it would, because marriage changed everything. It had its own logic, its own laws, and they were independent of the desires and intentions of those who entered into it. She felt a moment's pleasure in the cynicism of this perception, though God knows it was depressing enough. — Pat Barker

My mom always wanted a bunch of kids, but they stopped after me. I never understood why."
His voice was wistful. Haven closed the distance between them and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Maybe they realized they created perfection when they made you and didnt need anymore. — J.M. Darhower

Any fool can start a war, and once he's done so, even the wisest of men are helpless to stop it - especially if it's a nuclear war. — Nikita Khrushchev

Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself. — Jane Addams

Off to the right the cleared yard fell away, and Sullivan could make out a drive of sorts, or what he assumed was a drive. — Joe Hart

The world ... is not imperfect, or on a slow path towards perfection: no, it is perfect in every moment ... — Hermann Hesse

You have to be able to see things from the user's point of view. — Paul Graham

I was one of those girls that were repeatedly told, "You have such a pretty face." (I suspected that was said to every fat girl.) Translation: If I weren't so fat, I'd be pretty. Gratzi! — Misti D. Mosteller