Mosses From An Old Manse Quotes & Sayings

I didn't know how to be in the world without her. — Sue Monk Kidd

I am definitely a storyteller, but probably not a traditional Storyteller. — James Welch

I like this interstate as much as the next guy, but the farther south we go, the hotter it gets, and I'm already sweating like a whore in church. — John Green

I would love to play Wonder Woman on the big screen. — Adrianne Palicki

Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous. — Laurence Overmire

All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today. — Lyndon B. Johnson

All you need to do is know who you are. — Oprah Winfrey

Thou shalt say a thousand things, and saying them a thousand times over, thou shalt still have said nothing! — Nathaniel Hawthorne

A world where everyone tells lies all the time is like a world where everyone carries a knife. You think it's going to help you, but it only makes things worse. — Keren David

Can the life of the time be caught in an advertisement? Is that how it is, really, in the meadows of the world? — Donald Barthelme

It is better to hug than shake hands. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We pass and leave you lying. No need for rhetoric, for funeral music, for melancholy bugle-calls. No need for tears now, no need for regret.
We took our risk with you; you died and we live. We take your noble gift, salute for the last time those lines of pitiable crosses, those solitary mounds, those unknown graves, and turn to live our lives out as we may.
Which of us were fortunate
who can tell? For you there is silence and cold twilight drooping in awful desolation over those motionless lands. For us sunlight and the sound of women's voices, song and hope and laughter, despair, gaiety, love
life.
Lost terrible silent comrades, we, who might have died, salute you. — Richard Aldington

I like the idea that there's no censorship, because it's consistent with my views that we live in a free society and people ought to be able to express their views. — Jerry Springer

The point is that we all caught. And we try in one way or another to widen ourself free. For instance, me and Ludie. When I was with Ludie, I didn't feel so caught. But then Ludie died. We go around trying one thing or another, but we caught anyhow. — Carson McCullers

The key thing is, don't worry about if anyone is reading you or not. Figure out your voice and figure out what you want to write about, what you're good at, what you like doing. — Will Leitch

During a campaign speech in Ohio, President Obama said, 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth'. So to be fair, he wants to take your silverware and spread it around. — Fred Thompson