Mapheads Quotes & Sayings

Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism. — Ban Ki-moon

I have seen them stagger out of their movie palaces and blink their empty eyes in the face of reality once more, and stagger home, to read the Times, to find out what's going on in the world. I have vomited at their newspapers, read their literature, observed their customs, eaten their food, desired their women, gaped at their art. But I am poor, and my name ends with a soft vowel, and they hate me and my father, and my father's father, and they would have my blood and put me down, but they are old now, dying in the sun and in the hot dust of the road, and I am young and full of hope and love for my country and my times, and when I say Greaser to you it is not my heart that speaks, but the quivering of an old wound, and I am ashamed of the terrible thing I have done. — John Fante

There's no way to replicate a really great vocal sometimes. — John Britt Daniel

Don't talk to me about her, John: I told you not to go near her; she is
not worthy of notice; I do not choose that either you or your sisters
should associate with her."
Here, leaning over the banister, I cried out suddenly, and without at all
deliberating on my words
"They are not fit to associate with me! — Charlotte Bronte

fortunately it came out as a mere breath of sound. Another body turned over, rustling, — Diana Gabaldon

Here was the thing: People felt the way they did and it wasn't their fault or yours if the connection was one-sided. It just ... was. — J.R. Ward

I've always been obsessed with tigers, I love white tigers I think they're very glamourous in a weird way. — Alana Haim

There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God. — Ann Voskamp

For you
i have saved poems
under my skin. — Sanober Khan

For some reason the most devoted mapheads seem to be kids. — Ken Jennings

This is a foul thing that shouldn't be allowed to exist. No firearms should exist. The fact that they are still made and that all sorts of people have them lying about in drawers or carry them around in the street just shows that the whole system is perverted and crazy. Some bastard makes a fat profit by making and selling arms, just the way other people make a fat profit on factories that make narcotics and deadly pills. Do you get it? — Maj Sjowall

A book is just as magical to write as it is to read, it takes you on a journey that changes you in the end. — Jen Golembiewski

I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth. I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth. The best thing about having a daughter is having a true legacy. The word love means something completely different now. — Beyonce Knowles

Until then we must carry on and have courage. — Jan Moran

Without sounding overly sentimental about the process, I'd say trying to describe how you tend to conceive of a book is like describing how you tend to fall in love. — Jess Walter

I don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my dogs down to the cafe to get my tea, and then perhaps going to a bookstore and sitting and reading, then walking to the beach. — Jessica Chastain