Louisa Ann Swain Quotes & Sayings

When you could be sloppy, you're not. When you could be indulgent, you're not. When you could be sad, you laugh instead. If you fall down, you pick yourself up again and again and again. — Frederick Lenz

I tried to give up drugs by drinking. — Lou Reed

What's this new shampoo you're wearing?"
"I stole it from Margot. It's juicy pear. Nice, right?"
"It's all right, I guess. But can you go back to the one you used to wear? The coconut one? I love the smell of that one." A dreamy look crosses his face, like evening fog settling over a city. — Jenny Han

McGee's old touring car had once been green. It had also been painted black, but this had worn thin and you could see the original green coming through on the hood. The fenders were still black. The speedometer said 53,562 miles, but the motor was smooth. McGee drove as though he had a horse in front, saying 'Giddap' when he wanted to start and 'Whoa' when he was stopping. I was scared he would forget the horse wasn't there sometime and try to stop by pulling back on the steering-wheel. He didn't, though. — Jonathan Latimer

I will die, later or sooner, and what I understand will be lost, for when men and women seek truth, what they find is as deceptive as lies, and neither truth nor lies exist outside of a deceptive soul. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job — Charles Bukowski

Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner. — Oscar Wilde

Why is mania bad, if it means you're on top of the world, where everything is white? Bright. — Ellen Hopkins

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. - Romans 5:8 — Gary Chapman

Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer. — Andy Rooney

Ah, I'm a woman that's been clear around the world in my rocking chair, and I tell you we all get surprises now and then. — Eudora Welty