Florentine Bakery Quotes & Sayings

they say i write like a man,
like that's supposed to be
the ultimate fucking compliment.
i say i write like a woman
who isn't afraid. — J.A. Carter-Winward

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger. — Sholom Aleichem

Without Easter, Good Friday would have no meaning. Without Easter, there would be no hope that suffering and abandonment might be tolerable. But with Easter, a way out becomes visible for human sorrows, an absolute future: more than a hope, a divine expectation. — Hans Urs Von Balthasar

There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Everything in life will attack you if it senses your fear; animals, people - but faithful confidence wards off all manner of evil. — Bryant McGill

Samsa sat there for a long time with his eyes closed. Then, making up his mind, he stood, grabbed his black walking stick, and headed for the stairs. He would return to the second floor and figure out the proper way to dress. For now, at least, that would be his mission. The world was waiting for him to learn. — Haruki Murakami

The whole psychoanalytical establishment in America at midcentury was geared to make people with homosexual proclivities feel like monsters, moral degenerates. — Blake Bailey

The whole history of the Christian life is a series of resurrections ... Every time we find our hearts are troubled, that we are not rejoicing in God, a resurrection must follow; a resurrection out of the night of troubled thought into the gladness of the truth. — George MacDonald

What can you do if they're born stupid ,they're going to be stupid what can you do. — Lou Silluzio

You concentrate on waiting for someone and after a certain time it hardly matters what happens anymore. It could be five years or ten years or one month. It's all the same. — Haruki Murakami

The writer proposes, the readers dispose. — Aldous Huxley

He was right. It made no sense at all, but the feeling flooded through Karou, and whatever it was, it was as sweet as a patch of sun on a glossy floor and, like a cat, she just wanted to curl up in it. — Laini Taylor

Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters. — Frank Lloyd Wright

I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile. — Alan Alda