Konovalov Collection Quotes & Sayings

We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone. — James D. Houston

Welcome to Hollywood. Here you can be whatever you want! That's the secret of American success! Fake it till you make it! — Lily Amis

A shifty, fickle object is woman, always. (Varium et mutabile semper femina.) — Virgil

Candy in a wrapper, a diamond ring in a box - these analogies are commonly used in Egypt and other countries to try to convince women of the value of veiling. They compare women to objects that are precious but devalued by exposure, objects that need to be hidden, protected, and secured. When it comes to what are described as the Islamic restrictions on women's dress, women are never simply women. There — Mona Eltahawy

Wisdom starts in humility. — Akemi G

Your scent is like a drug to me like my own personal brand of heroin. — Stephenie Meyer

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy. — John Cheever

And she had been in love enough times to rule out the possibility that this was merely some feat of nostalgia. — Galt Niederhoffer

If you close your eyes, you can conjure a world. — David Levithan

Culture, like science, is no protection against demons. — G.K. Chesterton

People talk to you and they try to convince you that they like what they do just because it sucks less than what they used to do ... which sucked a lot. — Doug Stanhope