Finny And Gene Quotes & Sayings

One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight;
Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight. — Alexander Pope

What good is sitting all alone in your room? — Liza Minnelli

I had never spent so much time by the sea, and hated the way the air thickened with salt and sat on my skin and made me always long for a bath. I was far more comfortable with dust. — Paula McLain

Write like a motherfucker. — Cheryl Strayed

What good did it do you to be brave? — George R R Martin

You never waste your time. That's why I have to do it for you. — John Knowles

For how easy life must be for him. I wish I were bigger, stronger. Male. I wish I could make people stop worrying about me and my so called frailness. — Ally Carter

The error of the past is the wisdom of the future. — Dale E. Turner

There is nothing more substantial to place against the cruelty of the world than language. — Colum McCann

Gene, on the desire to be Finny: I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas. — John Knowles

It was Christmas Eve. Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers and made all of the Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful.
Tall fir trees stood up to their knees in snow and their outstretched hands were heaped with it. Those that were bare of leaves wore soft white fur on their scrawny, reaching arms and all the stumps and low bushes had been turned into fat white cupcakes. — Betty MacDonald

On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids? — Brad Meltzer

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be. — Philip Guedalla

Don't try to convert the elderly person; circumvent him. — Holbrook Jackson

What makes you so special? Why should you get it and all the rest of us be in the dark?"
The momentum of the argument abruptly broke from his control. His face froze. "Because I've suffered," he burst out. — John Knowles