Mortman Doris Quotes & Sayings

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. — Doris Mortman

Love shouldn't have to wear disguises. — Doris Mortman

From the elevator, Mabel watched the old woman's bare feet hobbling away, a trail of salt and the lace hem of her nightgown left in her wake like sea foam. — Libba Bray

Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest. — Sam Levenson

What, not coins in the bank? Does your purse hang as flaccid as a gelding's scrotum? — Neal Stephenson

Her Beretta was holstered in her garter worn high on her thigh, under the shapeless blue dress. She had donned shoes in which she could run. The high heels had done their work and could be presented to the poor, assuming that they wanted to court a broken ankle along with their other problems. Along her forearm, covered by the loose sleeve, her throwing knife was strapped. Phryne, as a helpless victim, was a complete failure. — Kerry Greenwood

I felt the joy of knowing that in some small way I had fought back against someone who wanted to rule me against my will. I said no. — Doris Mortman

the brain doesn't care how it gets the information, as long — David Eagleman

If Recsk had taught him anything, it was that for those intent on killing, life was the ultimate revenge. — Doris Mortman

Beethoven introduced us to anger. Haydn taught us capriciousness, Rachmaninoff melancholy. Wagner was demonic. Bach was pious. Schumann was mad, and because his genius was able to record his fight for sanity, we heard what isolation and the edge of lunacy sounded like. Liszt was lusty and vigorous and insisted that we confront his overwhelming sexuality as well as our own. Chopin was a poet, and without him we never would have understood what night was, what perfume was, what romance was. — Doris Mortman