Nootenboom Quotes & Sayings

Something had gone amiss with men, and the weak ones were dangerous. — Thomas McGuane

On the surface, I was bullied for being effeminate, articulate, overweight, well-read, interested in recreations and matters non-traditional for black boys or even black people--essentially for being myself. To be hounded for merely existing in one's own skin is not unique to blacks, but at least during Jim Crow we could turn to one another. In modern-day terrorism, we turn on one another, with limited options for sanctuary. — L. Michael Gipson

Through death deathlessness has been made known to us, — Athanasius Of Alexandria

Our main reasons for fearing males having sex with males is that you really had to construct a more powerful social role to keep men in their place than you did to keep women in their place. — Warren Farrell

Only individual opinions are fixed and dogmatic. — James Redfield

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity; it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. — Yann Martel

I've found that the way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character — P.C. Cast

Television is the third parent. — R. Buckminster Fuller

We have our little restaurants, and there's a beautiful beach that we go to in the summer and fall. We tend to have a lot of get-togethers, and if it's at my house, we order pizza because I can't cook. — Katie Holmes

He lost himself. Blasted outside his body with his come, floated through into Finn, saw himself from the outside, from Finn's eyes, drenched with sweat, eyes squeezed shut, muscular body heaving, the cords on his neck popping out. He was beautiful. Inside Finn, he was beautiful. The revelation leveled him, sent himself back inside his lightning-struck body, and he collapsed, shuddering, into Finn's arms. — Anonymous

Food does not rank high on my list. I eat to live, and I'm very particular about my diet. It's strictly low fat diet for me. — Terence Lewis

It is impossible to found a civilisation on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure. — George Orwell

I don't like the idea of competition - maybe because I kept losing them when I was a kid. Maybe it's better to be the one who loses? — Michel Gondry

Today, what most people live in, or with, is the less-than-nuclear family. Working fathers are absent from home during most of the day, the children are schooled outside it, and practically all women who work for money must go outside to earn their living. — Elizabeth Janeway