Mirandas Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head. — Orhan Pamuk

Twice as many people in India have access to cell phones as to latrines. — John Brockman

There's a lot more to say, but in simpler words ... it looks like there might be another adventure in our future. — Embee

My father ... was a man who understood all dogs thoroughly and treated them like human beings. — Flann O'Brien

Champagne, always champagne. Make mine Veuve-Clicquot. — Patricia Wells

They were tricky, those demons. Could they be trusted? Of course they could be trusted. She'd created them. She owned them. They wouldn't lead her astray. — Rachel Cohn

Whenever I meet people for the first time, I get them to talk for ten minutes. Then I size them up from the exact opposite perspective of all they've told me. Do you think that's crazy?
"No," I said, shaking my head, "I'd guess your method works quite well. — Haruki Murakami

If we define a misanthrope as 'someone who does not suffer fools and likes to see fools suffer,' we have described a person with something to look forward to. — Florence King

They often say that humans can't live alone. But you can live pretty long by yourself. Instead of feeling alone in a group. It's better to be alone in your solitude. — Faye Valentine

If we take the capsulation of minorities within the nation-state as a given condition, the implication of the Holocaust is that the life and liberties of minorities depend primarily upon whether the dominant group includes them within its universe of obligation; these are the bonds that hold or the bonds that break. — Helen Fein

Especially when he is plainly unable to move,
and is saying, gently, 'Clark. Please. Just come
over here. Please, — Jojo Moyes

At best, us ladies are just a bunch of Mirandas with a slightly better wardrobe and at worst, we're a bunch of Magdas, aka Miranda's housekeeper, which means we're a bunch of nosy bitches who rifle through people's belongings and let them know they masterbate too much. — Phoebe Robinson

You've always been handy with a knife, Mother — Val McDermid

Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters. — Jules Renard

Every kid should sit in the velvet at least once in their lifetime. — Rosie O'Donnell

Everything creepy and Southern isn't Faulknerian, just like everything annoying isn't Kafkaesque. — Scott Spencer