Magnalia Trace Quotes & Sayings

And so began my final stage of my boyhood in Mohawk. Later, as an adult, I would return from time to time. As a visitor, though, never again as a true resident. But then I wouldn't be a true resident of any other place either, joining instead the great multitude of wandering Americans, so many of whom have a Mohawk in their past, the memory of which propels us we know not precisely where, so long as it's away. Return we do, but only to gain momentum for our next outward arc, each further than the last, until there is no elasticity left, nothing to draw us home. — Richard Russo

I don't know what I want. And, if that's the case, as my ex-wife said, I'd only hurt people. — Haruki Murakami

I believe that creature is a changeling: she is a perfect cabinet of oddities. — Charlotte Bronte

Even the nations of Earth grew jealous of one another. The United States of America exacted this idea of equality through force. And when the nations united, the Americans were surprised to find that they were disliked! The Masses are jealous! How wonderful a dream it would be if all men were created equal! But we are not. — Pierce Brown

Flora hated the phrase "correct me if I'm wrong." In her experience, people only said it when they knew they were right. — Kate DiCamillo

Greater than a sage is the one who taught him; God is the teacher, and the wise are all His students. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Leading up to Christmas, there was talk of Santa. But I'd never even heard of Santa. Bunty, one of the workers who I grew to love, tried to explain, 'He brings little angels like you, presents. — Stephen Richards

I met my husband at the rehearsal of a play. We were introduced, and he shook my hand without looking at me and said perfunctorily, 'Pleased to meet you.' — Rebecca Pidgeon

They want to know
who I write these poems for.
Tell them it's for all lovers
because I don't see a difference
between our love
and their love. — Kamand Kojouri