Durrenmatt La Quotes & Sayings

He was fleeced, robbed; and yet he was the exploiter. The government, unhesitatingly obliging to the majority, pocketed his taxes, and allowed him to be bled. — Ernst Junger

No one can fill your footprint. — Jonah Books

As much as I disagree with Sarah Palin, there's no denying that she was the victim of sexism. — Jessica Valenti

They want to be stimulated. They want to read something that can get under their skin and hang out there for a while. — Alistair Cross

When we're in pain, people are too quick to say, Get over it, move on, it's not that bad. But we don't get over grief by denying it. We have to feel it. We have to give it its due. Somethings that means doing the exact opposite of "moving on." We have to dive down to the very depths of our sorrow, relive every terrible moment, and endure the torture of asking what could have been - and what will now be. We have to bleed out before our hearts can start beating again. — Claudia Gray

Because I don't think I have a handle on how to write for grown-ups. The grown-up publishing world is so fraught with one-upsmanship, scorn and snobbery. I did write an adult novel. Thank goodness it went out of print. I think we kids' authors still start out with hope every morning. We honor our audience. — Virginia Euwer Wolff

A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side. — Felix Morley

Since no one really knows what or who God is, or whether God is at all, why can't God be hope? — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

As a kid, I loved leading 'dance camp' in my garage for the neighborhood kids. I would choreograph really intricate routines for us to perform. It was so much fun! — Daniella Monet

What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter. — Anne Roiphe

A brick could be used to start a civil war. And then that same brick could be used to start building the country up again after everything is destroyed. — Jarod Kintz

Men should be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot; — Benjamin Franklin

See, ma'am, frankly speaking this problem can't be solved by us police or military. The problem with these tribals is they don't understand greed. Unless they become greedy there's no hope for us. I have told my boss, remove the force and instead put a TV in every home. Everything will be automatically sorted out. — Arundhati Roy

One who cannot dance must not blame the song. — Matshona Dhliwayo