Fumiyo Ikeda Quotes & Sayings

There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust to tell the truth or obey the laws they are sworn to uphold. I do not believe they protect me in any way. — Henry Rollins

to get in on both sides, and there's space for a — Katie Fforde

Americans love to pick up, move on, start over. But instead of being somebody fresh and new, they become somebody lonely and lost, or, far too often these days, they become nobody at all, a machine for satisfying hunger, without loyalty or honor or duty. — Orson Scott Card

What America needs now is a drink, — Franklin D. Roosevelt

There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents. — Bernie Sanders

Each one of us is left to choose our own quality of life and take pleasure where we find it with the understanding that, like Mom used to say, sooner or later something's gonna get you. — David Sedaris

I had been chipping at the world idly, and had by accident uncovered vast and labyrinthine further worlds within it. — Annie Dillard

One wall of the living room was almost entirely made up of tall windows, and the now-dark winter night seemed to enter the room without permission. — Maggie Stiefvater

Never underestimate the ruthlessness of the ego to keep you in a state of suffering in which you voluntarily participate. — Iyanla Vanzant

I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. And I have asked to be where no storms come. — Joan Didion

It's strange, but when I have to speak in front of an audience, I find it more comfortable to use my far-from-perfect English than Japanese. I think this is because when I have to speak seriously about something in Japanese I'm overcome with the feeling of being swallowed up in a sea of words. — Haruki Murakami

As I absorbed life here and understood it better, I just completely fell in love with England. — Gwyneth Paltrow