Merestead Quotes & Sayings

The story of the Kelly system is a story of secrets - or if you prefer, a story of entropy. — William Poundstone

Woman must come of age by herself. This is the essence of "coming of age" -to learn how to stand alone. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar ... how would that look in lights? — Mercedes McCambridge

We are under an invincible blindness as to the real and true nature of things — Marisha Pessl

I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great. — Jeff Koons

Dictatorship of the majority over the minority would be an encroachment on the rights of the individual and their prerogative to personal freedom. — Newton Lee

Buddy if it was me sitting across the dining room table I would have killed that son of a bitch long before your mom had the chance.
-Caesar — Christine Whitmarsh

You have to be strong enough to stay off the bottle. For you. Not me. — Abigail Roux

..Window panes that rattled under the lash of the wind for two months on end, rain that leaked beneath the doors, her husband out and drinking, electricity cut off and the radio shut down, the boredom, the quiet and incredible loneliness - Margaret Looney would remember when she first discovered love and wonder at how immense it must have been to be lasting so long. — Niall Williams

I used to feel guilty about spending morning hours working on a book; about fleeing to the brook in the afternoon. It took several summers of being totally frazzled by September to make me realize that this was a false guilt. I'm much more use to family and friends when I'm not physically and spiritually depleted than when I spend my energies as though they were unlimited. They are not. The time at the typewriter and the time at the brook refresh me and put me into a more workable perspective. — Madeleine L'Engle