Mcsweeneys Quarterly Quotes & Sayings

But Rhett, you mustn't bring me anything else so expensive. It's awfully kind of you, but I really couldn't accept anything else."
"Indeed? Well, I shall bring you presents so long as it pleases me and so long as I see things that will enhance your charms. I shall bring you dark-green watered silk for a frock to match the bonnet. And I warn you that I am not kind. I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. Always remember I never do anything without reason and I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid. — Margaret Mitchell

This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling — Adriana Trigiani

By doing good with his money, a man, as it were, stamps the image of God upon it, and makes it pass current for the merchandise of heaven. — John Rutledge

How does somebody know what they want if they haven't even seen it? — Ashton Kutcher

In looking for the keys of paradise, a pope may stoop a little; having found them, he should rise again. — Pope Sixtus V

I couldn't remember anyone hugging me like that before. — Glenda Millard

A thinking worker is bad business. — Jeanne G'Fellers

I like the idea of someone else's love safely sealed in a song or a book. — Henry Rollins

Good," Violet says. "Because I'll expect you to come back over when Monty and I get married."
"Monty?" Hadley asks, staring at her. She tries to successfully to recall if she's even seen them speak to each other. "You guys are engaged?" "Not yet," Violet says as she starts walking toward the dinning room. "But you don't look so gobsmacked. I've got a good feeling about it." Hadley falls into step beside her. "That's it? A good feeling?" "That's it," she says. "I think it's meant to be. — Jennifer E. Smith

I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by. — Doc Brown

Walking over to Iggy, he poked him with his shoe. "Does anysing on you vork properly?"
Iggy rubbed his forehead with one hand. "Well, I have a highly developed sense of irony."
Ter Borcht tsked. "You are a liability to your group. I assume you alvays hold onto someone's shirt, yes? Following dem closely?"
"Only when I'm trying to steal their dessert," Iggy said truthfully. — James Patterson

If you believe that you have the right to force me - use your guns openly. I will not help you to disguise the nature of your action. — Ayn Rand

Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but that director didn't do it. So, it was just a Hail Mary to Tim, and Tim said that he wanted to do it and I was like, "That's fantastic!" But, there wasn't a lot of collaboration because he knew what he wanted to do and just did it. There were very minor changes for Big Fish. — John August