Jayapal Congresswoman Quotes & Sayings

I went to a mystery writers conference ... and I learned a lot not only from the faculty - and in the faculty we had forensic doctors, detectives, policemen, experts in guns, etc. - but from the questions of the students. — Isabel Allende

Just touching her makes me want to immerse myself, put my head completely under the surface of her. I want to drift, to let her carry me away, down her current. — Holly Schindler

In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure. — Scarlett Thomas

There's a huge difference between doing what you love as a hobby and doing something professionally. But the biggest struggle is simply finding time to work. — Ryan McGinness

Alexia was rather strapping. He preferred her that way. Undersized women reminded him of yippy dogs. — Gail Carriger

We waste too much time being afraid, when what we should really fear is wasting time. — Stephanie Shirley

When my mother would tell me that she wanted me to have something because she as a child had never had it, I wanted, or I partly wanted, to give it back. All my life I continued to feel that bliss for me would have to imply my mother's deprivation or sacrifice. I don't think it would have occurred to her what a double emotion I felt, and indeed I know that it was being unfair to her, for what she said was simply the truth. — Eudora Welty

I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life. — R.L. Stine

We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine. — Seneca The Younger