Notrino Quotes & Sayings

My wife's name was Mala. The marriage had been arranged by my older brother and his wife. I regarded the proposition with neither objection nor enthusiasm. It was a duty expected of me, as it was expected of every man. She was the daughter of a schoolteacher in Beleghata. I was told that she could cook, knit, embroider, sketch landscapes, and recite poems by Tagore, but these talents could not make up for the fact that she did not possess a fair complexion, and so a string of men had rejected her to her face. She was twenty-seven, an age when her parents had begun to fear that she would never marry, and so they were willing to ship their only child halfway across the world in order to save her from spinsterhood. — Jhumpa Lahiri

It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway. — Norman Mailer

The truth would set her free. Only then would she be able to get on with her life. — Jackie Collins

The Spirit must therefore first take hold of us before we can live in Christ, and when he doth so, then we are enabled to exert that vital act of faith, whereby we receive Christ. — John Flavel

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses. — Van Wyck Brooks

All conceptions are limitations of the conceiver. — Neville Goddard

People feel that drama is more important. Dramas always earn more honors than comedy. — Letty Aronson

I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor. — Hedda Hopper

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh. — Teresa Palmer

'Allegiance' is pretty much a book musical. You know, people talk and then they burst out into song. — Lea Salonga

I think a smart woman can sell the average man anything, — Leo Burnett