Indulgent Crossword Quotes & Sayings

I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me. — Karl Ove Knausgaard

A resounding adventure was that of my cannon, and happy am I to recall it. — Arlt

We weren't going anywhere, Nick said with a smile. He was trying to sound charming, but instead wound up sounding heavily sedated. — Neal Shusterman

I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.' — Kamala Harris

A ghetto can be improved in one way only: out of existence. — James A. Baldwin

My mom used to tell me stories at night, read books to me - and I read 'em over and over and over again. And you know what I learned from that? I went back and looked at everything - Why do I like reading the same stories over and over and over again? What, was I some kind of nincompoop? No - the narrative gave me connection with my mom. — Peter Guber

Seeds pour out oil when pressed.
Grapes pour out wine when squeezed.
Herbs pour out medicine when pounded.
Flowers pour out perfume when crushed.
The gifted pour out excellence when tested. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Cars are a fairly unpleasant thing to have to draw. — John Allison

Through a portrait, we can potentially see everything - the history and depth of a person's life, as well as evidence of a primal universal presence. I have dedicated my life and creative energy to capturing these transcendent moments in which a connection is made between the subject, the photographer, and the viewer. — Joyce Tenneson

You know you are old when you've lost your marvels. — Mary Browne

I started going to acting school in my senior year in high school, and I remained in acting school through four years of college. — Dane DeHaan

You love and you hate and you grieve and you don't even feel it. — Lev Grossman