Palazzotto Di Quotes & Sayings

Anybody who writes a book is an optimist. First of all, they think they're going to finish it. Second, they think somebody's going to publish it. Third, they think somebody's going to read it. Fourth, they think somebody's going to like it. How optimistic is that? — Margaret Atwood

School work and intellectual interests such as music and the arts were not especially important to me while I was growing up, although mathematics, my favorite subject, was fun. Baseball was my first passion: I played sand lot and Little League and rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers. — Robert C. Merton

That swirling devil's clot, that black maelstrom of cylindrical majesty. It is a swirling gray spider egg unspooling, filled with rotten teeth. A biblical monster, God's vengeance. Whirring — Noah Hawley

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it ... I can resist everything but temptation. — Oscar Wilde

A blast, an acceleration, the distillate, the spirit, the history, the weaponized soul of convulsive beauty went critical. — China Mieville

The sight of lovers feedeth those in love. — William Shakespeare

Never abandon your dreams. Follow the signs. — Paulo Coelho

I really wanted to be a mom. I didn't want my kids to be raised by a nanny, which would have been the case if I were working two movies in a year, you know? And I would have been hospitalized with fatigue. — Robin Wright

They predicted sixteen years ago, almost before anyone else, that girls like me - prettier, smarter, healthier - would be the world's most invaluable resource. And like any rare commodity in an unregulated marketplace, prices for our services would skyrocket. It wasn't about the money, really, not at first. It was about status. Who had it, and who didn't. And my parents did everything in their power to make sure I had it. — Megan McCafferty

To take a breath of water: does the thought panic or excite you? — Maggie Nelson