Flannery Oconnor Good Country People Quotes & Sayings

If you look at Paleolithic cave paintings, you see how people were depicted inside nature, not outside it. It was a kind of dream time. That's what I'm exploring. — Gregory Colbert

There should be a little gap between you and your friends, though you'll miss their companionship and you'll also miss their disrespect. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Don't let the time convince you to quit, instead, convince the time to extend with patience. — Nathaniel E. Quimada

Change is the catalyst of life and, likewise, the catalyst for all great work. — David Sturt

I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements. — Condoleezza Rice

The poetry of fashion lies in the creation of illusion — Coco Chanel

You are meant for me, and I for you, Brandon whispered in my ear, and pressed his lips to my neck, sending more dreams of our future through me. — Jordan Deen

If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater. — Pam Brown

Yahoo is still in many ways the definitive brand of the consumer Internet, but I don't think they can or should compete with Google any longer. That game is over. — Ross Levinsohn

You know what Mr. Bates called me?" Seward shook his head with wonder. "An unprincipled liar. And here I am one of the most heavily principled men in politics." Lincoln chuckled. In every way, making allowances for regional differences, Seward's humor was not unlike his own. "And since you're a smart man, Governor, you never actually lie. Smart men never have to. — Gore Vidal

I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn. — Nadine Gordimer

I want to protect ye, Sassenach-spread myself over ye like a cloak and shield you and the child wi' my body." ... "I would do anything for ye ... and yet ... there's nothing I can do. It doesna matter how strong I am, or how willing; I canna go with you where ye must go ... not even help ye at all. And to think of the things that might happen, and me helpless to stop them ... aye, I'm afraid, Sassenach. — Diana Gabaldon

Do the things make you happy. Be with the one that makes you smile. Laugh as much as you breathe and live happy. — Timothy Pina

In 1910, eighty-two-year-old Leo Tolstoy flees from his wife and dies in a railway station of exposure. — Jon Winokur