Noncelebratory Quotes & Sayings

He preferred to ease his way into the day, whereas Amelia liked to fling herself at it full tilt. — Lisa Kleypas

At Pappachi's funeral, Mammachi cried and her contact lenses slid around in her eyes. Ammu told the twins that Mammachi was crying more because she was used to him than because she loved him. She was used to having him slouching around the pickle factory, and was used to being beaten from time to time. Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kinds of things they could get used to. You only had to look around you, Ammu said, to see that beatings with brass vases were the least of them. — Arundhati Roy

The waves, the girl in the rain, and that awful, blood-begotten stom. Blood and love and loss. — Terri Farley

The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant. — Tullian Tchividjian

So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it. — Chris Hadfield

Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far. — J. Cole

The man looked over at the woman. "The things I do for love," he said with loathing. He gave Bran a shove. — George R R Martin