Family Homesteads Quotes & Sayings

Divorce is a declaration of independence with only two signers. — Gerald F. Lieberman

Literacy in North America has historically been focused on reading, not writing; consumption, not production. — Clive Thompson

Wildflowers?" she asked, confused. "She said you liked them. She said to tell you to braid them into your hair. — Cat Patrick

Peace is not just the absence of violence,peace is when the flowers bloom. — Amrita Pritam

It seems natural to surround my fictional world with animals because my reality is full of them. When I'm sitting there conceiving a story, they just pop up. — Sara Gruen

But I stand convinced that the brand of justice in which we dealt, wholesale bombings of civilian populations, was blasphemous. — Kurt Vonnegut

Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit of their greater good is what makes me come alive. — Romany Malco

I registered Democrat because my parents did. They were, we were. There was no thinking behind it. — Susana Martinez

I'm a comedian in real life. I always goof around; I'm out-going; and I talk with everybody, especially through Twitter these days! — Sean Berdy

The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night. — Thomas Jefferson

A Complicated Kindness is just that: funny and strange, spellbinding and heartbreaking, this novel is a complicated kindness from a terrifically talented writer. — Gail Anderson-Dargatz

We must distinguish between 'sentimental' and 'sensitive'. A sentimentalist may be a perfect brute in his free time. A sensitive person is never a cruel person. Sentimental Rousseau, who could weep over a progressive idea, distributed his many natural children through various poorhouses and workhouses and never gave a hoot for them. A sentimental old maid may pamper her parrot and poison her niece. The sentimental politician may remember Mother's Day and ruthlessly destroy a rival. Stalin loved babies. Lenin sobbed at the opera, especially at the Traviata. — Vladimir Nabokov