Flanny Quotes & Sayings

[T]he sovereignty of reason and justice is no more tyrannical than that of desire. They are principles natural to man. — Blaise Pascal

When you say, "I fucked up," the action retains its meaning, its sordid origin, its obscenity, and its poetry. Poetry is quite compatible with obscenity. — Charles Baxter

The young nihilists," Dad called us.
"What are nihilists?"
"Nihilists believe that nothing has any meaning. They believe in nothing."
"Yeah," said Earl. "I'm a nihilist.
"Me, too," I said.
"Good for you," Dad said, grinning. Then he stopped grinning and said, "Don't tell your mom. — Jesse Andrews

Dear Alec & Magnus, It's Izzy. Got your card. Glad you're having fun. Nothing's happening here-Clary's mom is marrying some werewolf. I think you guys should get married too. I'm thinking about planing it. I love planing parties. -Isabelle — Cassandra Clare

They could hate her guts all they liked as long as they did their duty. — David Weber

All things began in Order, so shall they end, and so shall they begin again, according to the Ordainer of Order, and the mystical mathematicks of the City of Heaven. — Thomas Browne

In the glory days of Orioles, when I was a newbie baseball writer for the Post, the roster of talkers was as good as the everyday lineup. Singy - Ken Singleton - Flanny, and Cakes - the underwear spokesman Jim Palmer - were my go-to guys, occupying stalls along one wall of the shabby chic clubhouse. — Jane Leavy

SHE hears me strike the board and say
That she is under ban
Of all good men and women,
Being mentioned with a man
That has the worst of all bad names;
And thereupon replies
That his hair is beautiful,
Cold as the March wind his eyes. — W.B.Yeats

I feel an unfamiliar but pleasant sensation in my lips, tugging them upward. This is ... new. — Isaac Marion

Music is painted upon a canvas of silence. Mozart used to say, "Silence is the greatest effect in music. — Josef Lhevinne

When we consider the possibility that God will not be good to us, we stand on the precipice of despair and peer into the darkness below. — G.K. Chesterton

I feel, you know, empowered because I gave life. I have a son now. I feel like I'm stronger. — Tia Mowry

We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity ... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist. — Larry Page

Malign? I praise him. Death and deceit are our only hopes now. I just do not fool myself about Thufir's methods. — Frank Herbert