Humor Fiction Mystery Writing Quotes & Sayings

Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins. — Jennifer Egan

The men we met walked past, slow, unsmiling, with downcast eyes, as if the melancholy of a over-burdened earth had weighted their feet, bowed their shoulders, borne down their glances — Joseph Conrad

If women's choices - such as taking time off to rear children - make them less productive in the economy, does adolescent boys' behavior in school make them even less so, because they are missing the educational potential of their formative years? — Sendhil Mullainathan

The Columbia accident made us realize that we had been playing Russian roulette with the shuttle crews
that we had been very, very fortunate in the past that the foam did not cause critical damage. — Wayne Hale

She had been swimming in a big pink aquarium, and she never thought that somebody would come along with a hammer and break it until she was gasping for her life and everything she had taken for granted, for permanent, was gone. — Marge Piercy

The prayer for "our bread" includes the neighbors. It is "our Father" and "our bread. — Kenneth E. Bailey

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you. — Elizabeth Gilbert

You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe that the joy is in the journey rather than the destination no matter how many times it has been proven to you. — Stephen King

The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped off in chapter five to show what a rotter the villain is without anyone minding too much. — Sarah Caudwell

Think about what you are thinking about. Be aware of your own thoughts! — Toni Sorenson

I would do nearly anything for a laugh, to tell the truth. And I'm a particular favourite with young men with earrings. — Celia Imrie

What was the point of loving when the people you loved were taken from you? When Death and Time were always looming and poised to strike, why did love exist? — Alexandra Monir

Economic management involves the operation of economic frameworks in real time - for example, in the private sector, the management of complex financial institutions or, in the public sector, the day-to-day supervision of those institutions. — Ben Bernanke

But it must be nice working with other people." I ventured. "Sharing the responsibility, I mean. A play's a big thing, right?" "Yes, I suppose so. You have to share the glory, but at least when the shit hits the fan, it's a collective splattering, I guess." I — Ruth Ware

From now on I will make burning my aim, For I am like the candle: burning only makes me brighter. — Jalaluddin Rumi