Jellenshouseoffabric Quotes & Sayings

What fiction offers us is an intimacy shorn of the messy contingencies of human existence - gender, race, class or age. Those moments of transcendence when we exclaim 'You know exactly what I mean!' depend for much of their force on the anonymous character of the intimacy between writer and reader. — Will Self

Alex touches her arm. "You look nice."
"Nice?" she repeats. "Try harder, Alex."
He flushes adorably. "Really nice," he says.
"Next time, try this," Harry says. He reaches for my hand. "Franny, I didn't know what beauty was until I saw you walking toward us a minute ago.
"I like this better," I say, pulling away. "At least he sounded like he meant it."
"I meant it," Harry says, almost irritably. — Claire LaZebnik

Every ounce of breath we inhale is invention and every ounce of breath we exhale could be re-invention. — Santosh Kalwar

When you hate, the only person that suffers is you because most of the people you hate don't know it and the rest don't care. — Medgar Evers

It's more important to be righteous than to be right. — Lauryn Hill

Has the art of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to be unqualifiedly ratty, raffish, sordid, obscene, and low down, andits salient virtuosi a gang of unmitigated scoundrels? Then let us not forget its high capacity to soothe and tickle the midriff, its incomparable services as a maker of entertainment. — H.L. Mencken

In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine. — George Strait

We can't sit around discussing pure evil without tea and biscuits, Iz. It's just not done. — G.A. Aiken

Knowing was a barrier which prevented learning. — Frank Herbert