Jonathan Raban Soft City Quotes & Sayings

It is not death that I'm apparently now succumbing to, but the rapid diminishment of lifeforce from this body of mine. — Dan Quayle

I suppose there is a certain crucial interval in everyone's life when character is fixed forever; for me, it was that first fall term I spent at Hampden. — Donna Tartt

I am so looking forward to seeing the back of you two," Kent pipes up behind me.
"Excuse me?" I spin around to face him.
"Baby. Babe." He mimics our voices, slapping a hand against his forehead. "I swear all your mushy talk has actually irreparably damaged my brain. — Siobhan Davis

An Important thing : never lie to yourself, for real ... worst thing is when you lie to yourself, you just keep doing it and you don't know. — Nicky Kastrati

Oh, Mia. You haven't even begun to find out who you really are, and, believe me, other boys are going to fall in love with you. If a guy can't see how special you are, he isn't good enough for you. — Kristin Hannah

Do you truly feel that she is worth your wings?"
He smiled. "What good are my wings, friend, when I can hold the
world in my arms? — Elizabeth Morgan

Having a cellmate might be okay. Talking to a real human being might make things easier. I practice using my voice, shaping my lips around the familiar words unfamiliar to my mouth. I practice all day. I'm surprised I remember how to speak. — Tahereh Mafi

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. — Oliver Goldsmith

This was not chance that they met twice, my mother would tell me whenever she recounted this story. It was fate. — Amy Tan

I am just a person who can't skate in the mountains — Alexei Yagudin

It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld