Konakay Quotes & Sayings

There were two classes of persons upon whom a duty of virtually absolute confidentiality rested: doctors and lovers. — Alexander McCall Smith

Silence glimmers in the empty hallways, on the radios no one listens to anymore. — Roberto Bolano

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it. — John Adams

One doesn't measure friendship by length of time only; depth of time is just as valuable. — Helen Clark MacInnes

It is a proper and excellent thing for infinite glory to shine forth; and for the same reason, it is proper that the shining forth of God's glory should be complete; that is, that all parts of his glory should shine forth, that every beauty should be proportionably effulgent, that the beholder may have a proper notion of God.
Thus it is necessary, that God's awful majesty, his authority and dreadful greatness, justice, and holiness, should be manifested. But this could not be, unless sin and punishment had been decreed; so that the shining forth of God's glory would be very imperfect, both because these parts of divine glory would not shine forth as the others do, and also the glory of his goodness, love, and holiness would be faint without them; nay, they could scarcely shine forth at all. — Jonathan Edwards

Like any good drug, anger can mask all reality. But anger is not an easy emotion to call up on demand, which is why an enemy is so wonderful. You're tired. Didn't sleep well. You have zero energy. Then you get lucky. You pull into the boathouse parking lot and see your favorite enemy. Celebrate. Your workout is saved. One look at that chowderhead can put you into the angerzone. As you turn off your car, you can feel your whole physical being change. Respiration increases. The dull look on your face is magically transformed into the power-stare of a true rowing warriot. — Brad Alan Lewis

I found that in a perverse way our culture and parents are far more comfortable talking about girls' vicitimization than girls' sexual agency. — Peggy Orenstein

The thing about Vegas is, I don't have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards. — Elton John

It isn't often that a writer of superlative skills knows enough about flying to write well about it. — Samuel Hynes

Life is a dead-end street. — H.L. Mencken