Gramedia Quotes & Sayings

The Outing
An outburst of anger near the road, a refusal to speak on the path, a silence in the pine woods, a silence across the old railroad bridge, an attempt to be friendly in the water, a refusal to end the argument on the flat stones, a cry of anger on the steep bank of dirt, a weeping among the bushes. — Lydia Davis

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession. — Halle Berry

If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out? — Jim Hightower

Prison experience puts distance between me and any person who hasn't been there, done that. — Patricia McConnell

Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling. — William Shakespeare

Children younger than 5 are twice as likely to die from ingesting household poisons than by gunfire - So the question for the Legislature should be: Is a parent criminally responsible for leaving an unlocked container of bleach below the sink? — Don Kates

People are like plants: they grow toward the light. — Hope Jahren

This is no shy, just-between-friends kiss. This is a kiss unlike any that I've ever had. It's the kiss of a hundred thumping kick drums, a raging earthquake. — Autumn Doughton

At a university they had the freshman class make the same predictions that some of the well-known psychics do every year, and they found the freshman class did better — Frederick Lenz

The town could not talk, and would not listen. "How'd you like to hear about the war?" he might have asked, but the place could only blink and shrug. It had no memory, therefore no guilt. The taxes got paid and the votes got counted and the agencies of government did their work briskly and politely. It was a brisk, polite town. It did not know shit about shit, and did not care to know. — Tim O'Brien

Because when you love someone, you don't be daft. You let them know. Who gives a shite if they throw it back at you or walk away from you? You tell them. As fucking loudly as you can. Just so they know. That's living, Joce. — Melissa Blue