Grigolis Quotes & Sayings

His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels. It became perfectly clear to him that he could entertain no hope of finding in someone else the same aspirations and antipathies; no hope of linking up with a mind which, like his own, took pleasure in a life of studious decrepitude; no hope of associating an intelligence as sharp and wayward as his own with any author or scholar. — Joris-Karl Huysmans

The first time I spoke to a group this large was at my college commencement in 1969. — Hillary Clinton

Marie Houzelle is a master of the first-person narrative. In Tita she has created a strange, utterly original child whose deadpan certainties are a beguiling invitation to readers of all ages. — Katharine Weber

We grieve only for what we know. — Aldo Leopold

Offering to help me implies I'm in distress. I'm not currently. — Myra McEntire

Sitting here on the steps of the Supreme Court smoking weed, under the "Equal Justice Under Law" motto, staring into the stars, I've finally figured out what's wrong with Washington, D.C. It's that all the buildings are more or less the same height and there's absolutely no skyline, save for the Washington Monument touching the night sky like a giant middle finger to the world. — Paul Beatty

Like an animal, cancer sleeps, prowls, hibernates, turns surly or placid. — Marni Jackson

I didn't know how much I cared about having a woman on the court until the day there was a woman on the court. — Nina Totenberg