Grandison Newell Quotes & Sayings

(about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the Arts and Lit non-fiction section)
I personally find that for domestic purposes, the Trivial Pursuit system works better than Dewey. — Nick Hornby

Wild waves rise and fall when they arrive
And that's what makes the calm sea alive — Munia Khan

Over the years I had grown attached to it, as men grow attached to their miseries and their burdens. — Alice Hoffman

It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician. — Barkhad Abdi

I'll never get why the earth is a puzzle that i'll never fit. — Kid Cudi

The sweating is awful. It's not as bad as the not eating, but it's weird - cold sweat, all over my forehead, having to be wiped off every two minutes, smelling like skin concentrate. People notice. It's one of the few things people notice. — Ned Vizzini

I loved being admired by Richard. It was the kind of admiration that mattered to me. I felt adored, worshipped. — Elizabeth Taylor

[T]hat is the true function of meditation: to create a space in you where you can be rich, infinitely rich, utterly peaceful, absolutely ecstatic. — Rajneesh

Once upon a time there was a great queen who, having given birth to twin daughters, invited twelve fairies who lived nearby to come and bestow gifts upon them, as was the custom in those days. Indeed, it was a very useful custom, for the power of the fairies generally compensated for the deficiencies of nature. Sometimes, however, they also spoiled what nature had done its best to make perfect, as we shall soon see.

("Green Serpent") — Marie-Catherine D'Aulnoy

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week. — Phillips Brooks

The most common place I get stopped by fans is the ladies'. — Jessica Raine

He who makes no mistakes never makes anything.

-- English Proverb — Andrew Szlachetko