Frank Norris The Octopus Quotes & Sayings

There was no mistaking her daughter's handwriting. And the words... "If you're reading this, I'm already dead. — Elizabeth Heiter

Terrible worm in an iron cocoon, as he was called in an anonymous poem, the knight rode on a saddle rising in a high ridge above the horse's backbone with his feet resting in very long stirrups so that he was virtually standing up and able to deliver tremendous swinging blows from side to side with any one of his armory of weapons. — Barbara W. Tuchman

I sat down and looked at the menu and thought how ironic it was that back then starving artists came to cafes like these because they lived on wine and street pigeons to survive, and now the same cafes are famous because of them and no starving artist can afford to eat there. It's hard to have an existential crisis when a glass of wine costs more than nine dollars. — Josefina Lopez

All of my books now come from readers' ideas. — Ann Rule

It's not that much of a difference. Basically, your job is the same as a film director. It's a triangle between creativity, money, and time. But they don't really change. You're ultimately trying to get the most creativity and time with the money that you have. — Darren Aronofsky

I like you, Tess. — C.J. Duggan

Out of thin air: a big bang, followed by falling stars. A universal beginning, a miniature echo of the birth of time ... the jumbo jet Bostan, Flight AI-420, blew apart without any warning, high above — Salman Rushdie

As society advances the standard of poverty rises. — Theodore Parker

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was. — Rube Goldberg

I don't feel hunky at all. — Matthew Lewis

And anything that might hurt me would just make me stronger in the end. — Elizabeth Eulberg

Ask any good teacher or any business executive who's been in the trenches. They will tell you that attitude trumps ability every time. — James P. Owen