Geroux Quotes & Sayings

The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous. — Diodorus Siculus

The appropriation of history, the historicization of the past, the narrativization of society, all of which give the novel its force, include the accumulation and differentiation of social space, space to be used for social purposes. — Edward W. Said

I like rust on a nail, fog on a mountain. Clouds hide stars, rooms have doors, eyes close, and the same words that began love end it with changed emphasis. — David Ignatow

For the prosperous, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want. — T. Harv Eker

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy. — Samantha Morton

When one came to know them it was surprising how childish grown people could be. — Rumer Godden

I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses. — Margaret Bourke-White

My husband hits me, Renata. Never on the face of course. He's far too classy for that. Does yours hit you? — Liane Moriarty

The idea of having faith in anything to a homeless teenager is just asinine. — J.L. Mac

Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway. — Sammy Hagar

We lived in Indian summer and mistook it for spring. — Bruce Catton

It's always good to work where you're wanted. The times I've been where I wasn't wanted - that's just never a good experience. — John Kapelos

All these questions about do you want to be king? It's not a question of wanting to be, it's something I was born into and it's my duty ... Wanting is not the right word. But those stories about me not wanting to be king are all wrong. — Prince William

As an undergrad, I studied engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma, and all my degrees are from engineering departments. My father wanted me to join him in the oil-field business in Oklahoma, but I wanted to be a scientist. — Paul McEuen

I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know. — Phil Jackson

Rocco was gripped with the panic he often experienced around her, around himself. He seemed to be both here now and simultaneously five years in the future looking back at this moment, at the loss of this moment. He was always sliding past the nowness of being with her, throwing himself at her like a cranked-up insincere clown for an exhausting fifteen minutes a day or getting cozy with booze in order to achieve the proper mood, and from the time she was born he had felt he was on his deathbed, remembering with regret how skittish and slippery his time with her had been. Had been, as if she were a hard thirty-seven and divorced instead of a two-year old baby, as if he were eighty-six and senile instead of forty-three and slightly overweight. — Richard Price