Gabrianna Quotes & Sayings

That stirring which had fluttered in her on first glimpsing the sea - that stirring landlocked children know so well - moved in her now, with the golden stars over head, and the green fireflies glinting on the wooded shore. She carefully unfolded the stirring that she had so tightly packed away. It billowed out like a sail, and she laughed, despite herself, despite hunger and hard things ahead. — Catherynne M Valente

Conflict sometimes produces results, but more often than not it produces confusion at the level of everybody on the same track. — Ciaran Hinds

It should begin with friendship, I think. Suddenly I cannot look at him.
It should begin with friendship and truly knowing who a person is, knowing his flaws and hopes and strengths and fears, knowing all of it. And admiring and caring for- loving the person because of all of those things ...
I know that now. — Lisa Ann Sandell

This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end. — George W. Bush

Maybe silence is something we're uncomfortable with as a culture, I don't know. — Anton Yelchin

It would probably never have occurred to him that his own difficulties with the world were akin to those suffered by women-- as with the men's committee meetings held over his head, almost as if he were not there, and the way people took little notice of what he had said or written, but remained obsessed by details of manners or appearance. Women had to learn to compensate for these indignities by making a special effort, but Alan Turing made no such attempt. He expected the male world to work for him, and was baffled when it did not. — Andrew Hodges

You're not just this person who's from your own specific experiences, but the collective experience of what makes you who you are because of time. — Julie Mehretu

Happy birthday! Hope your 50s will be as awesome as your 40s. — Richard Griffiths

Yes I try to kill myself in small amounts, an innocuous occupation. Actually I'm hung up on it. — Anne Sexton

Maybe a young woman will go see a show by a woman, or starring a woman about women's issues, and that will help her get to that quiet place inside of herself where she can then explore what it means to be a woman to her. — Laura Benanti

Poets and artists who speak of the mystery are rare. — Joseph Campbell

A bargain is something you have to find a use for once you have bought it. — Benjamin Franklin