Pamalican Quotes & Sayings

Above all, what socialist, without flushing with shame, maintains he is not a revolutionary? We say: none!. — Johann Most

We write while sleepwalking and revise when awake. — Marty Rubin

I want the dead to be dead
forever.
I don't want to be one of them,
Except of course you can't be one of them.
You can't be one of the dead
because that which, has no existence can have no community.
No community!
My heart warms just thinking about it
blackness, aloneness,silence, peace,
and all of it only a heartbeat away.
[ The Sunset Limited - 2011 ] — Cormac McCarthy

Pamalican Island is a wonderful story told with the sparkle of fun and a true understanding of the magic of childhood. A magical journey for any child who dreams of desert islands. — Raffaella Barker

Unfortunately, ... , all too often a joke tells the truth. — Aidan Chambers

This afternoon I sat at my window and alternately wrote at my new serial and watched a couple of dear, amusing, youngish maple-trees at the foot of the garden. They whispered secrets to each other all the afternoon. They would bend together and talk earnestly for a few moments, then spring back and look at each other, throwing up their hands comically in horror and amazement over their mutual revelations. I wonder what new scandal is afoot in Treeland. — L.M. Montgomery

She gave him books of poetry: Wordsworth, Whitman, all the W's. When she'd ask him how he liked them, he would say, "Fine. I'm on page ... " and then he would tell her what page he was on and how many pages he'd accomplished that day. — Lorrie Moore

When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character. — Grace Jones

My life closed twice before its close — Emily Dickinson

We don't discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor. — Heather Graham

I'm strong enough and have a pretty thick skin, but when people go after my kids, I just hit block-delete, block-delete. It's my mantra. — Kris Jenner

Did last night really happen?" One side of his lips tipped up, and my chest swelled. I'd missed that smile. "Depends on what you think happend." "I took my shirt off for you?" His eyes deepened. "Yes. Lovely moment. — J. Lynn

But how do you see you?" she asked.
"Ever read The Brothers Karamazov?" I asked.
"Once, a long time ago."
"Well, toward the end, Alyosha is speaking to a young student named Kolya Krasotkin. And he says, Kolya, you're going to have a miserable future. But overall, you'll have a happy life."
Two beers down, I hesitated before opening my third.
"When I first read that, I didn't know what Alyosha meant," I said. "How was it possible for a life of misery to be happy overall? But then I understood, that misery could be limited to the future."
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Neither do I," I said. "Not yet. — Haruki Murakami

He collected audiences around him, and flourished and exhibited and harangued. — Aesop

The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes. — Louisa May Alcott