Halszka Kuzas Birthplace Quotes & Sayings

Don't tell me what they did to you as though you had no choice. Tell me, isn't that your picture? Isn't that your voice. — Ani DiFranco

I don't think perfect is interesting. I think what makes life exciting is the imperfections. — Mary Frann

I'd been wandering about in the enchantments of romance, afflicted with the worst female curse on earth, the need to mold myself to expectations. — Sue Monk Kidd

For example, I was privileged to be working at the White House under the Clinton administration and had not finished my Ph.D., and I thought I was the cat's meow. — Peter Orszag

Garp didn't want a daughter because of men. Because of bad men, certainly; but even, he thought, because of men like me. — John Irving

Ah, you may sit under them, yes. They cast a good shadow, cold as well-water; but that's the trouble, they tempt you to sleep. And you must never, for any reason, sleep beneath a cypress.' He paused, stroked his moustache, waited for me to ask why, and then went on: 'Why? Why? Because if you did you would be changed when you woke. Yes, the black cypresses, they are dangerous. While you sleep, their roots grow into your brains and steal them, and when you wake up you are mad, head as empty as a whistle.' I asked whether it was only the cypress that could do that or did it apply to other trees. 'No, only the cypress,' said the old man, peering up fiercely at the trees above me as though to see whether they were listening; 'only the cypress is the thief of intelligence. So be warned, little lord, and don't sleep here. — Gerald Durrell

Thirty minutes later, Dan is sipping his double something or other frappe latte. His order nearly made me cross my eyes trying to keep up with all the extra stuff he added. I still don't get what everyone sees in all those overpriced flavored coffees. Don't get me wrong - I love my caramel macchiato from Starbucks, but even I can't see paying five dollars every couple of hours for coffee. You'd spend an entire paycheck in — Apryl Baker

When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives. — Pat Schneider

One man's gospel truth is another man's blasphemous lie. The dangerous thing about people is the way we'll try to kill anyone whose truth doesn't agree with ours. — Mira Grant

I believe if you work hard and you dream big enough, you can accomplish anything in this world. — Buddy Valastro

The man who marries a woman for her beauty will be deceived; he who marries a woman for good sense can truly say he is married. - Sultana — Jean Sasson

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. — Eleanor Roosevelt

He glanced absently down at the front of the shirt as he attempted to smooth out the wrinkles, but then he caught sight of the slogan: Skilled in Every Position. He cocked an eyebrow at me. "You trying to tell me something?" My face burned red. "It's a basketball thing. — Maris Black

When I was little I used to wish I could talk to the illustrators because I wanted to discuss something about the books. With so many of the other art forms that children experience, such as movies and television, they don't get to control the pace. — Jan Brett