Eliking Quotes & Sayings

As Trout departed, he sent this telepathic message to the Creator of the Universe, serving as His eyes and ears and conscience: Am headed for Forty-second Street now. How much do you already know about Forty-second Street? — Kurt Vonnegut

I'm very ambitious. I always want more after I get something I've dreamed about, so every day, I have a new target and a new path to follow. That's pretty much my law in life. — Thalia

When you give up struggle, there's a kind of love. — Joyce Carol Oates

Then a few months ago I found myself talking to the tree. An entire conversation, just me and a tree. And on the climb down I felt like crying. Why didn't I have someone real to talk to? Why didn't I have a best friend like everyone else seemed to? Sure, there were kids I knew at school, but none of them were close friends. They'd have no interest in climbing the tree. In smelling the sunshine. — Wendelin Van Draanen

You were afraid to look up because you felt your face might be seen from above. — Laura Hillenbrand

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen. — Little Richard

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State) — Jim Valvano

Writing about sex turns out to be just writing about life. — Erica Jong

I walked away exhilarated by my success, because there's nothing like making a difference in someone's life, even if that difference is a lifetime of nightmares and a fortune in therapy bills. — Marilyn Manson

Nico remembered something Jason Grace had told him in the palace of Notus: Maybe it's time you come out of the shadows. If only I could, he thought. For the first time in his life, he had begun to fear the dark, because he might melt into it permanently. — Rick Riordan

Americans have no capacity for abstract thought, and make bad coffee. — Georges Clemenceau

Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this ... only the best is good enough for a child. — Zoltan Kodaly

It is important not to turn the dead into saints. Nobody can walk in the shadow of a saint. — Jojo Moyes