Iwerebon Quotes & Sayings

A big furry creature that purrs while it sits on your lap and squashes you! — Angela Sweet

And, Lord, does it have to be so blasted hot? — Stephen R. Lawhead

Usually after finishing a novel, I have a head full of bad ideas for the next one. — Charles McCarry

What I like most about cigars is simply sitting and talking with other men ... Some of the best conversations I've ever had with men have been over a cigar. — James Belushi

People who readily accept the need for a gym will resist that their personalities might need some work too. — Alain De Botton

Hey, all I was trying to do was keep my country and my family safe! — Stan Smith

But it is not emancipation that the great majority seeks. When pressed, most men will admit that it takes but little to be happy. (Not that they practice this wisdom!) Man craves happiness here on earth, not fulfillment, not emancipation. Are they utterly deluded, then, in seeking happiness? No, happiness is desirable, but it is a by-product, the result of a way of life, not a goal which is forever beyond one's grasp. Happiness is achieved en route. And if it be ephemeral, as most men believe, it can also give way, not to anxiety of despair, but to a joyousness which is serene and lasting. To make happiness the goal is to kill it in advance. If one must have a goal, which is questionable, why not self-realization? The unique and healing quality in this attitude toward life is that in the process goal and seeker become one. — Henry Miller

Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly called reality. This account of lives transformed and ruined by the triumph of a totalitarian rule is a timely reminder of how moral and intellectual laziness and apathy can pave the road to the reign of terror brought on by such a system. — Azar Nafisi

The Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990, spanned four World Cups. It would have been a more symmetrical five had the Lebanese begun in 1974, but you know, we're Mediterranean, and timing isn't our forte. — Rabih Alameddine