Giovonni Quotes & Sayings

I learned a long time ago, sometimes it's easier to tell a woman what she wants to hear. She won't listen to a word you say if it ain't what she wants to hear. — Shamara Ray

I noticed nearly everyone had a cup of Aunt Jewel's punch. It was the weirdest thing to me how everyone openly acknowledged that it was terrible, but kept drinking it anyway. Manners in action, I guess. — Rachel Hawkins

Individuals had never much cared what had happened in the past, or would happen in the future, or how much others of their kind suffered or lacked. They did not care how many others died providing they lived. And government, to those who did not govern, had been largely a matter of indifference unless it happened to have a detrimental effect on the lives of individuals. Then, maybe, if the individuals had felt strongly enough, they had held protests, gone on strike, or started revolutions. — Louise Lawrence

I was not born to share the hate, but love. — Sophocles

Lie with me," she said.
"I don't know if I can sleep beside ye tonight and not touch ye like I want to," he said in a strained voice. "I need ye too much."
"I know that," she said, and flipped back the blanket for him to lie down. — Margaret Mallory

If a poem is concentrated, a closed fist, then a novel is relaxed and expansive, an open hand: it has roads, detours, destinations; a heart line, a head line; morals and money come into it. Where the fist excludes and stuns, the open hand can touch and encompass a great deal in its travels. — Sylvia Plath

He (Marilyn Manson) has a woman's name and wears makeup. How original. — Alice Cooper

Never get angry. If you have to get angry, get angry at yourself and not at others. — Debasish Mridha

You don't look at each other on the subway. — Simon Pegg

We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity. — Desmond Tutu

I try to remember that walking in the will of God might mean waiting as much as it might mean moving forward. — Tessa Afshar