Erstwhile Def Quotes & Sayings

We must go fast, because the race is against time. — Anna Held

May the sunshine ever greet you
and sorrows flow away,
May the knowledge flow within you
and darkness fade away. — Munindra Misra

She started three wars the first week. — Julie Garwood

Because the world isn't divided into the special and the ordinary. Everyone has the potential to be extra ordinary. — Cassandra Clare

The horrific cases in Ferguson, in Staten Island with the death of Eric Garner, and all across the country serve as stark reminders that we must have a say in who polices us, and how that policing is done. We must, we must, let our voices be heard on Election Day. — Al Sharpton

Apparently the average man sees woman alternatelyas an inferior being and as an angel. — Willa Holland

Faced with the possibility that evil existed, that pure malevolence had walked into my life and convinced me it was love, faced with the loss of everything I wanted from my life, I fainted. And dreamed dark dreams of blood. — Salman Rushdie

Christmas; magnificent snowflakes snowing in your hope. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

You can't reinvent the wheel. I remember when we first started out at 'Late Night,' we were trying to hire directors, and this guy was like, 'I see you behind a glass desk.' I don't. And he's like, 'Yeah, the glass desk.' I go, 'I don't really see me as a glass desk guy.' — Jimmy Fallon

I had the loveliest pony when I was your age. I called him Zip. He ate apples straight out of my hand. I'm deathly allergic to horse hair, of course, and wept buckets of tears every time he was near, but it was worth it. I loved him so. — Meg Cabot

When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It was supposed to be about everyone preparing to embark on the cruise, but it mushroomed into an entire book. — Kate Atkinson

The less I needed, the better I felt. — Charles Bukowski

Babies are born bow-legged in South Dakota. By the age of 12, they can purchase guns. At 14, they can take their driving test. Fortunately, since the geographical area of South Dakota can accommodate both France and Germany, but has a population of only 750,000, the chances of hitting anything are pretty slim. — Clive Sinclair

Your past isn't there to decide who you are; it's there to guide you to a better version of yourself. — Toni Sorenson

She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her. — Ann Brashares