Mahogany Valentines Day Quotes & Sayings

There is no point in being a responsible member of society, nor is there any point in being an irresponsible member of society. Both are very defined descriptions of selfhood — Frederick Lenz

On the other hand, for years I did not listen to Mozart after I was assaulted by the perverse idea that Mozart does not exist, because when he is good he is Beethoven and when he is bad he is Haydn. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically. — Mahatma Gandhi

A. B. Guthrie's 1947 novel The Big Sky (even better than its sequel, The Way West, which won the Pulitzer Prize), The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1940), and Jack Schaefer's Shane (1949) were all made into well-regarded movies, but these three classics of Western fiction continue to make for wonderful reading. — Nancy Pearl

I must say, when I reread myself, it's the poetry I tend to look at. It's the most exciting to write, and it's over the quickest. — John Updike

I realized that just because "I can't," doesn't mean "I shouldn't. — Kcat Yarza

Then was ashamed of myself. I should be happy for what I'd been given. I hoped God hadn't noticed my lapse in appreciation. — Charlaine Harris

When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out. — George Crook

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal. — Johnny Depp

The family is a community of love where each of us learns to relate to others and to the world around us. — Pope Francis

These relatives of hers, the Boles and the Jetters and the Pooles, used to be around the house a lot, or else Lea wanted to be at one of their houses. It was a clan that didn't always enjoy one another's company but who made sure they got plenty of it. — Alice Munro

There are probably writers who are much more visual than I am and some who are less. I like to think of myself as a happy medium. — Brian K. Vaughan

The biggest cause of society's change today is that people no longer believe in orthodox religion. They go to church, but they no longer believe in God. — Li Hongzhi

School will bring you more success than marriage. — Nnedi Okorafor

I think I can be an intimidating energy in the room. I think I come in with an aura of wanting results because as the playwright, I know how it goes, and there's the thought, 'Why can't they catch up?' — Richard Greenberg