Flneur Quotes & Sayings

The history of one is the history of all. — Grace King

I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences. — Dana Spiotta

Give me a good horse to ride and some good licker to drink and a good girl to court and a bad girl to have fun with and anybody can have their own Europe ... What do we care about missing the tour? — Margaret Mitchell

Sounds like Henry was jealous. His pride was hurt. So he acted like an ass. Every guy does that from time to time. — Miranda Kenneally

When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public. — Daniel Woodrell

It's not often that you get a director, singing the praises of his executives. — Nick Willing

If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty. — Jean De La Bruyere

I wasn't just crying about Will. I was crying about Seb and Shona and my job and my sister's aggression and my parent's refusal to be proud of me and Lauren's wedding and every last shit little thing that had happened to me from birth, from the big disasters like puberty, to the things that didn't even seem to matter at the time, like when I put milk in my tea last Thursday and then found out it had gone off. — Lindsey Kelk

I never had an official job, but I did play at a local cantina every Tuesday night, and I babysat a lot. — Michelle Branch

I used to play football for Real Madrid, and to be on stage for two hours, I can tell you it takes the same amount of strength. — Julio Iglesias

There was the pedestrian who wedged himself into the crowd, but there was also the flneur who demanded elbow room and was unwilling to forego the life of the gentleman of leisure. His leisurely appearance as a personality is his protest against the division of labour which makes people into specialists. it was also his protest against their industriousness. Around 1840 it was briefly fashionable to take turtles for a walk in the arcades. the flneurs liked to have the turtles set the pace for them. — Walter Benjamin

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do. — Richard Pryor

Life is like an echo! when you give something, it comes back to you many, many times. — Choa Kok Sui

And who's to say that Horatia is not Lucien's perfect match?" Audrey asked.
"If she is I dread to think what that says about our sister," Cedric muttered.

-His Wicked Seduction — Lauren Smith