Mekhanikos Quotes & Sayings

We don't have butlers. Obviously we have people who look after the houses, but I try not to run things formally. — Andrew Lloyd Webber

Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving? — George Saunders

We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor and when you have an actor like Denzel action becomes drama. — Antoine Fuqua

Your wine is just sour grapes
Pour me a glass anytime I'm not there — Tom Verlaine

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all. — Publilius Syrus

I started teaching myself guitar because I loved singing so much. Then one day kind of out of the blue I found I was writing a song. It just happened organically. — Kina Grannis

My eyes always keep searching,
for something inexpressible,
above the far away sky.

I long to get lost,
inside the evening-twilight.

Silence always tickles me -
in a strange way;

I meet "me"
in the time between
sunset and darkness. — Khadija Rupa

Everyone had a story of grief. Everyone else's was worse than yours. — Sarah Winman

A novel can educate to some extent, but first a novel has to entertain. That's the contract with the reader: you give me ten hours and I'll give you a reason to turn every page. I have a commitment to accessibility. I believe in plot. I want an English professor to understand the symbolism while at the same time I want the people I grew up with - who may not often read anything but the Sears catalog - to read my books. — Barbara Kingsolver

He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life, and though he was a con-man, he was only conning because he wanted so much to live and to get involved with people who would otherwise pay no attention to him. He — Jack Kerouac

Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that's always too small. No matter how hard you try to cover everyone, — Fredrik Backman

And I want you to know something: Medusa, if I met a horse that looked like you, I'd find that horse attractive."
She stared at him.
"And I'd be worried," Tom added quickly, seeing her confusion. "See, it's a horse. See? I mean, I'd really be, like, 'uh-oh' and 'this sucks,' if it looked like you because I'd be into that horse. Which is messed up, due to the horse thing. But it would solely be because it resembled you. You know what I mean?"
She backed away from him slowly. "I think I really need to leave now. — S.J. Kincaid