Jackelyn Mandel Quotes & Sayings

You are only partly alive. — Ira Levin

I might hate you by the end of the date."
"Or I might hate you," I say.
"Impossible." She props her foot up on the dash. "I'm unhateable. — Colleen Hoover

Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures. — Elliott Erwitt

It's easy to point out other people flaws, but it takes TRUE courage and strength take a look in the mirror, admit personal flaws AND strive to do and be better. That's growth! — Yvonne Pierre

When?' said the moon to the stars in the sky
Soon' said the wind that followed them all
Who?' said the cloud that started to cry
Me' said the rider as dry as a bone
How?' said the sun that melted the ground
and 'Why?' said the river that refused to run
and 'Where?' said the thunder without a sound
Here' said the rider and took up his gun
No' said the stars to the moon in the sky
No' said the trees that started to moan
No' said the dust that blunted its eyes
Yes' said the rider as white as a bone
No' said the moon that rose from his sleep
No' said the cry of the dying sun
No' said the planet as it started to weep
Yes' said the rider and laid down his gun — Nick Cave

Who's the little girl?" Don't speak, Barrons had told me on the way there, no matter what anyone says. I don't care how pissed off you might get. Swallow it. His derisive "little girl" ringing in my ears, I bit down hard and didn't say a word. "Just the latest piece of ass, McCabe." I no longer had to bite down. I was speechless. — Karen Marie Moning

Bags and boxes across the hot parking lot to the van. On the way back to the mall, Willa Jean, who spotted the ice-cream store that sold fifty-two flavors, told her uncle she needed an ice-cream cone. Uncle Hobart agreed that ice-cream cones were needed by all. Inside the busy shop, customers had to take numbers and wait turns. Ramona, responsible for Willa Jean, who could not read, was faced with the embarrassing task of reading aloud the list of fifty-two flavors while all the customers listened. Strawberry, German chocolate, vanilla, ginger-peachy, red-white-and-blueberry, black walnut, Mississippi mud, green bubble gum, baseball nut. — Beverly Cleary

I am well aware of the fact that the human race has known about the existence of a universal energy related to life for many ages. However, the basic task of natural science consisted of making this energy usable. This is the sole difference between my work and all preceding knowledge. — Wilhelm Reich

You think you've been through things no one should have to go through? Well, I've felt things no one should have to feel. — Casie Ellison

Yeah, isn't it? Life's a bitch and then one stabs you. — Jeaniene Frost

The only woman who deserved a philandering husband was a philandering wife. — Liane Moriarty

Australia will always be closer to the U.S. than she is to China because our values and political traditions are much closer. — John Howard

Now I've changed things. I've left my own fingerprints on the world, no matter how small, and it's upset the equilibrium of us — Markus Zusak

The only way to prevent pride from taking root in our heart and our life is to embrace a life filled with faith, understanding, and forgiveness. — Heather Bixler

Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it. — Mason Cooley