Libenson Books Quotes & Sayings

Humanity is constitutionally lazy. — J.G. Holland

I think all musicians should understand that you have chosen not to be a soldier but a musician. — Meshell Ndegeocello

I would never presume to give anyone advice. — Anne Meara

Your theory of partial immortality is abhorrent to me. I would rather disbelieve in the immortality of my own soul than suppose the boon given to me was withheld from any of my fellow creatures. — Fanny Kemble

The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd. — George Bernard Shaw

In their sleep, both boys kept moving closer to me, and when I finally drifted off, there was one arm wrapped around my stomach and one hand intertwined with mine. — Ali Novak

No, we love war.
War. Starvation. Plague. They fast-track us to enlightenment.
"It's the mark of a very, very young soul," Mr. Whittier used to say, "to try and fix the world. To try and save anyone from their ration of misery."
We have always loved war. We are born knowing that war is why we're here. And we love disease. Cancer. We love earthquakes. In this amusement-park fun house we call the planet earth, Mr. Whittier says we adore forest fires. Oil spills. Serial killers. — Chuck Palahniuk

Love does not wear out the heart, even if it weighs a thousand tons. — Matshona Dhliwayo

And do you know what happens to people who give out second chances like Halloween candy? They get fucked over. — A. Zavarelli

Most women writers don't interest me because they're hung up with being a woman, they're hung up with being Jewish, they're hung up with being somebody or other. Rather than just going, just spurting, just creating. — Patti Smith

Why did I submit myself to the butchery of the trenches when I might have served in the echelons as a medical officer? Even the most rudimentary knowledge of Doctor Freud would suggest that I was pursuing a death wish — Trevanian

Be yourself, because others are already taken. — Oscar Wilde