Larval Lamprey Quotes & Sayings

Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four. — Bernard Baruch

Learning to wear a mask (that word already embedded in the term "masculinity") is the first lesson in patriarchal masculinity that a boy learns. He learns that his core feelings cannot be expressed if they do not conform to the acceptable behaviors sexism defines as male. Asked to give up the true self in order to realize the patriarchal ideal, boys learn self-betrayal early and are rewarded for these acts of soul murder. — Bell Hooks

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. — Saint Patrick

I came from a family where, you know, we sat down at the table every night, and you better have a story to tell. My father never wrote his stories down. And you know, I learned that they went farther if you wrote them down. — Ruth Reichl

Friends, lovers, or nothing, we can really only ever be one. — John Mayer

It's true that things are beautiful when they work. Art is function. — Giannina Braschi

Couldn't tell if the truth looked like a lie, or a lie the truth. — Marie Rutkoski

What I question is the extent to which any of us truly knows what the facts really are. I mistrust every ideal cherished in western democratic civilization. The words that make others smile and nod in agreement cause me to recoil. — Boyd Rice

Girls should certainly be heard. It is their voices the world is missing. — Shelley Adina

I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been buying e-books in any real numbers. — Thomas Perry

It was exceedingly improbable that he would ever see the men again, but, as my father said, you never knew. Always worth approaching every man you met as if he might become your best friend in the world. — Jonathan Franzen

Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. — Kent Conrad

Language doesn't belong to grammarians, linguists, wordsmiths, writers, or editors. It belongs to the people who use it. It goes where people want it to go, and, like a balky mule, you can't make it go where it doesn't want to go. — Rosalie Maggio

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed. — Horace