Farallones Institute Quotes & Sayings

No eleven-year-old has any real grasp of death. He doesn't have any real concept of other people
that they feel pain, even that they exist. And his own adult future isn't real to him, either. Makes it that much easier to throw away. — Lionel Shriver

The Post Office was the underdog, and an underdog can always find somewhere soft to bite. — Terry Pratchett

Her name was Tolly Mune, but in the stories they call her all sorts of things. — George R R Martin

The bell on the cat's collar roused her. He'd brought her something: a baby pigeon stolen from its nest, mauled and draped on Jacey's pillowcase. The thing was pink, nearly translucent, with magenta cheeks and lavender around the eyes. It looked like a half-cooked eraser with dreams of someday becoming a prostitute.
Wild America — Wells Tower

I haven't been able to reach her. And if I can't reach her, there's no way to keep her from being lost. — Rachel Cohn

The thing that I love is human behavior - why people do what they do, who they are, and the choices that they make - and that has to always be plot driven. — Richard LaGravenese

Blessed be the inventor of photography! I set him above even the inventor of chloroform! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything else that has 'cast up' in my time or is like to
this art by which even the 'poor' can possess themselves of tolerable likenesses of their absent dear ones. And mustn't it be acting favorably on the morality of the country? — Jane Welsh Carlyle

I found out that the question was not 'am I good enough to write?', because of course I am not. The question was, 'am I able to live without writing?'. It is the only question. — Amelie Nothomb

But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom. — Mordechai Vanunu

I noticed there was garlic above the doorframe. Edwart held a stake in one hand and a 'Team Jacob' shirt in the other. — The Harvard Lampoon

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy. — Neil Simon

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls. — David Bowie

She loathed all the IM and texting abbreviations and acronyms. She was a snob like that — Jessica Park

I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy. — Calvin Klein