Maxinejiji Quotes & Sayings

The story hangs in the night air between them. It is very latem, and if father or daugther stepped to the window, tehyw ould see the Suktara, star of the impending dawn, hanging low in the sky. But they keep sitting at the table, each thinking of the story differently, as teller and listener always must. In the mind of each, different images swirl up and fall away, and each holds on to a different part of the story, thinking it the most important. And if each were to speak what it meant, they would say things so different you would not know it wa sthe same story they were speaking of. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I looked upon a clock to find the truth. The hours were passing like ivory chess figures, striking piano notes, and the minutes raced on wires mounted like tin soldiers. Hours like tall ebony women with gongs between their legs, tolling continuously so that I could not count them. I heard the rolling of my heart-beats; I heard the footsteps of my dreams, and the beat of time was lost among them like the face of truth. — Anais Nin

I never dreamed that the little ditties I wrote about annoying customers or bagel recipes would turn into a full-length musical comedy. But a very wise person told me to 'write what you know'. So I did. — Rob McClure

He looked so - what was it that gave him his irresistible charm? He looked so accessible. That was it. A great simple truth struck me with surprise: charm is availability. — Elaine Dundy

I was born in England and went to school there. That's when I discovered my undying passion for history - not just for the Middle Ages, but all periods of history. My favorites are medieval, Elizabethan, and Georgian; however, I've written stories set in periods as early as ancient Rome, right up to the Victorian era. — Virginia Henley

He taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not being able to fix it. — Hope Jahren

What fire dies when you feed it? It — David Foster Wallace

Laser Pointer Q. If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color? — Randall Munroe

The only routine with me is no routine at all. — Jackie Kennedy

And yet,from the air you think her peaceful and unflustered. On the ground is a place tangled with good intentions and a tyrannical will to live. — Miguel Syjuco

I come home every weekend and I still can't believe I represent Las Vegas in Congress. It's such a kick. — Shelley Berkley

Sleep deprivation is physically miserable and creatively cathartic, as internal landscapes rise up from their dormant ashes. — Jaeda DeWalt

He doesn't hurt you because you're the only good thing in his life. He doesn't want to give that up. It's the only thing he hasn't given up. — Sherman Alexie

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free. — John Dryden

You know, Alix, men suck. Really. They are the worst. Come with me. I need an estrogen fix before their chromosomal defects contaminate me any further. (Zarina) — Sherrilyn Kenyon