Froehlichs Classic Corner Quotes & Sayings

And surely, surely, if we are not simply animals that live to fight, there must be a reason for bloodshed. — Guy Gavriel Kay

I'd rather lie under an elephant suffering from diarrea with my mouth open wide. — Suzanne Wright

I have asked myself once or twice lately what was my natural bent. I have no doubt at all: It is to look at each day for the evil of that day and have a go at it, and that is why I have never failed to have an acute interest in each morning's letters. — Geoffrey Fisher

I wouldn't totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But I'm not going to go out of my way. — Joe Rogan

The stronger our gun control laws are, the fewer acts of violence ... — Joe Lieberman

Trust compared to a valuable stone that has been shattered, cannot be restored to its original form. — Ellen J. Barrier

Gossip is the swiftest bird alive," Amonos said darkly.
"Yes," said E'sinea, turning to view his surroundings. "I should like one day to catch Gossip and wring its neck. — E.M. Markoff

How ought we to love God, Father?" he asked in a whisper.
"By loving men, my son"
"And how ought we to love men?"
"By trying to guide them along the right path"
"And what is the right path?"
"The one that rises"
- Nikos Kazanzakis, Christ Recrucified — Nikos Kazantzakis

O friendship, I too will press flowers between the pages of Shakespeare's sonnets! — Virginia Woolf

Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad. — Herodotus

It's old. Really old.
Is that a technical term?
Yeah, it's technical. Translation: I don't know how old it is, but it's really fucking old.
Wow. That is old. — Alex Adams

I really like birds. Everyone always wants me to say that I can't stand to go near them, just like they want Janet Leigh to confess that she can't bear to take a shower. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. — Tippi Hedren

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate. — Paul Di Filippo

Imagination is intervention, an act of defiance. It alters belief. — David Mura