Goedecke Kansas Quotes & Sayings

He wanted to say that he'd learned to read in gaol [jail], to really read. He wanted to tell her that the library had been his favorite place inside, that when he read 'As I Lay Dying' he'd found a voice that made sense of time and space as he was experiencing it in gaol, that it had spoken to him more clearly and more profoundly than any voice he'd ever encountered before: of how the past could not be separated from memory, of how it was not only time that changed people, but memory as well. — Christos Tsiolkas

We talk a lot about infrastructure in cities, and it's talking about highways and it's talking about trains, but I think more important to people who are low income is, how do I get from here to there? How do I become part of the affluence that's surrounding me? — Katherine Boo

Fahrenheit 451 is one of those books that is about how amazing books are and how amazing the people who write books are. Writers love writing books like this, and for some reason, we let them get away with it. — Josh Lieb

The dove, as it flies in the sun, seems simply to sparkle like silver, but only one who has been able to wait at length to discover its hidden face will see its true gold or, rather, the color of a shining orange. — Umberto Eco

Sulking is silent because speaking would reveal its folly. — Mason Cooley

I give you bitter pills, in a sugar coating. The pills are harmless - the poison's in the sugar — James St. James

Bad marriages don't cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages. — Frank Pittman

We've been like that all season. They're starting to have the vision I've been asking them to have for a while. Our settled, normal offense stuff, we need to work on that. — Linder Sterling

Once I had a steel job for half of a day. I never went back to collect my pay. — Art Rooney

I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum. — Thelonious Monk

We have to stop, this is insane. I literally cannot handle anymore. I think I've lost brain function. I can actually feel myself becoming stupid"
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"Not possible. Let's test it. What's two times two?"
"Orange? — Alice Clayton

I eat healthy and don't even get on a scale. I have my favorite jeans that I wear, and if they are getting too snug, I watch what I eat for a week. — Talisa Soto