Mckendry Semer Quotes & Sayings

it felt adult, sophisticated, slightly alcoholic. — Donna Tartt

In Finland, where 80 percent of workers belong to unions, all employees enjoy at least 30 days paid vacation, and the gap between the rich and poor is far more equitable than in the United States. — Bernie Sanders

I've spent more time in Las Vegas than any other city, almost including L.A. where I live. — Howie Mandel

I do have the sense that, although there may be no one way to write a novel, there are many novelists who are in fact part of some sort of larger literary community, whether in the form of a writing group or an MFA program, to name two of the more common forms. — Hanya Yanagihara

Loneliness is an aspect of the land. — N. Scott Momaday

That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect,
For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;
The ornament of beauty is suspect,
A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air. — William Shakespeare

What she doesn't know is that I don't want to feel better. I don't want to go on with my life as if nothing happened. Something did happen. Something big.
Samatha from WHO I KISSED — Janet Gurtler

Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries? — Ogwo David Emenike

We can't date. Maybe we could fuck occasionally. But that's it. Anything else is ridiculous."
A shiver ran through him as Baz's body brushed his, hands skating over his arms. "Let's be ridiculous. — Heidi Cullinan

All political spendings for purposes beyond the protection of life and property are a snare and a delusion. — Percy L. Greaves Jr.

Winning a war such as this was not about planting flags or defending territory or building fancy villas. It was not about titles or promotions or offices. It was not about democracy or jihad, freedom or honor. It was about resisting the categories chosen for you; about stubbornness in the face of grand designs and schemas. About doing what you had to do, whether they called you a terrorist or an infidel. To win a war like this was to master the ephemeral, to plan a future while knowing that it could all be over in an instant. To comfort your children when the air outside throbs in the middle of the night, to squeeze your spouse's hand tight when your taxi hits a pothole on an open highway, to go to school or the fields or a wedding and return to tell about it. To survive. — Anand Gopal

Every now and then, a person must do something simply because he wants to, because it seems to him worth doing. And that does not make it worthless or a waste of time. — E.L. Konigsburg