Lernen Barnim Quotes & Sayings

Because he wanted nothing from her; this was a generous, expansive feeling, unattached to the possibility of gratification; it was the simple happiness that came from knowing that one particular person was alive in the world — Jo Baker

I don't know what the f
k I'm talking about with parenting. — Felicity Huffman

Baby Steps are for Babies, Not Brands. Be Amazing or Be Surpassed. — Lee Clow

What makes a good leadoff hitter? Deion Sanders had speed, but he wasn't the ideal leadoff hitter. What was his on-base percentage? The criteria shouldn't be speed, it should be getting on base. — Jack McKeon

I like ice hockey. No one is ever going to ask me to write about that as a metaphor for life. — Steven Pinker

Having seen you naked, I should demand that the only thing you wear in my presence from now on are these earrings. Anything else is superfluous. — Sylvain Reynard

Such, such were the joys
When we all, girls and boys,
In our youth time were seen
On the Echoing Green. — William Blake

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me. — Janis Ian

I don't think I have to introduce myself, unless you don't recognize me with my clothes on. — Madonna Ciccone

No one hates war more than those who fight — Ronie Kendig

To read is to struggle to name, to subject the sentences of a text to a semantic transformation. This transformation is erratic; it consists in hesitating among several names: if we are told that Sarrasine had 'one of those strong wills that know no obstacle'. what are we to read? will, energy, obstinacy, stubbornness, etc.? — Roland Barthes

When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped. — Helena Bonham Carter

Sometimes when you read a book or watch a TV show, you see the people and you think, Don't do that. Don't open that door. Don't answer that phone. You know everything is about to change. "Stop!" you want to say. "Rewrite the story. Rewind the tape. Don't let it happen that way." But you can't. The people always open the door or answer the phone. The bad thing always happens, and there is nothing you can do about it. — M.H. Herlong