Mawky Quotes & Sayings

The postmortem readjustment is one that many of us have had to make when our parents die. The parental door against which we have spent a lifetime pushing finally gives way, and we lurch forward, unprepared and disbelieving, into the rest of our lives. — Sally Mann

Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating. — Donald A. Norman

Another statistical survey, of 7,948 students at forty-eight colleges, was conducted by social scientists from Johns Hopkins University. Their preliminary report is part of a two-year study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. Asked what they considered "very important" to them now, 16 percent of the students checked "making a lot of money"; 78 percent said their first goal was "finding a purpose and meaning to my life. — Viktor E. Frankl

If you find a footnote, " a library-science prof once told a class of which I was a part, "step on its head and kill it before it can breed. — Stephen King

Clean-cut. She has freckles! — Robyn Carr

And when I do crave privacy, I have only to flip the "Closed" sign on my shop door until I'm feeling sociable again. Everyone should have such signs on their doors, don't you think? — Trenton Lee Stewart

When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany. — Andrea Bocelli

What deity in the realms of dementia, what rabid god decocted out of the smoking lobes of hydrophobia could have devised a keeping place for souls so poor as is this flesh. This mawky worm-bent tabernacle. — Cormac McCarthy

Hypocrites are rather easy to recognize.
They spend most of their time pointing out the
flaws in others, and the rest of the time trying to flaunt their perfection. — Charles F. Glassman

Within the sphere of English fiction Heathcliff stands alone. Therefore, if we do not understand him, then it is highly probable we were never intended to do so, so that we should try to realize and accept the fact that there may be just one or two things yet left in heaven and earth not dreamt of by our philosophy. — Eleanor Mcnees

Though it may never come again is what makes it so sweet. — Emily Dickinson

graces were never yet given to any one man."A verse — Michel De Montaigne

The first creation of every artist is getting carved from the best moments of his life!! — Nelson Jack

Yes Leopold," Eleanor said in a low, mocking voice. "Do start to shine, please. I think I saw the rising, but I definitely missed the shining. — Eloisa James

Predicting the future is a mug's game, but any game is improved when you can actually keep the score. — Douglas Adams