Quotes & Sayings About Finishing Graduate School

He pulls the door shut behind him and drags me against him, murmuring softly, "I understand why you left. I understand everything." I cling to him, holding on for what feels like dear life. "I should have told you." "You would have." He pulls back to look at me. "When you were ready. We all have to deal with our inner demons in our own way, in our own time. — Lisa Renee Jones

I started seriously applying myself to writing fiction immediately after I finished graduate school. By 'seriously,' I mean that, instead of noodling along on a story, finishing it or not as the mood struck me, I set out to complete what I started, to polish it to the best of my ability, and to send out the finished story. — Jane Lindskold

I was raised to be polite, but not to suffer bullshit. — Stephen King

With or without money, the work must be done. — Lailah Gifty Akita

He waited until he heard sounds of sleep, which didn't take long. Then he prayed, to the Devil. — Mark Kirkbride

Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike. — Homer

If you're not willing to let your partner see your cellulite or know your biggest fears, then you aren't really ready to share yourself. — Iyanla Vanzant

Fuck balls, it's the bitch in the lake! — Elle Casey

There is no just playing to catch the leader in a pick-and-pray - once your picks are in, that's it. — Peter T. Fornatale

I have great faith in the actors. When they improvise, it always sounds better than the stuff I write in my bedroom. When they improvise, they make it sound alive. — Woody Allen

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I'm eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old. — Michelle Obama

I, for one, resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me, the free men and women of this country, as 'the masses.' — Ronald Reagan

The government could either raise $100 by selling allowances and then give that amount in cash to particular businesses and individuals, or it could simply give $100 worth of allowances to those businesses and individuals, who could immediately and easily transform the allowances into cash through the secondary market. — Peter R. Orszag

That's because stacked on and around her desk, in neat skyscraper-high columns, are books. About three dozen of them. For a moment, I freeze, my mouth open and my eyes wide with shock. Then, inanely, I wonder how the hell she got them all up here. Kate weighs a buck-ten at best. There's got to be several hundred pounds of pages in this room. It's then that her shiny dark head emerges over the horizon. And, once again, she smiles. Like a cat with a mouthful of bird. — Emma Chase