Pataccaro Quotes & Sayings

So, you think your coffee-addicted mother is amusing." She pushed at his shoulder. "I'll get even with you. I'll show your naked baby pictures to your girlfriend." ~ Chapter 9 The Truth and Nothing but Lies — Cheri Vause

The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be? — Laozi

Estranged from the tribe that gives no protection,
What happens to the soul that hates its reflection? — Sherman Alexie

We left you there, lonely,
Beauty your power,
Wisdom your watchman,
To hold the clay tower.
from 'The Tale of the Tiger Tree — Vachel Lindsay

Never apologize for the good in your life. People who try to make you feel badly because you have been blessed are consumed by self-loathing. Wear your accomplishments proudly, be it your career, your relationship, your children, your success. True friends will bask in the glow of your shine, not pray for darkness to fall. — Carlos Wallace

Mum and Dad died of heart problems, my grandparents died of it, my sister has had mini strokes, my brother has had a heart attack - it's genetic; there's nothing I can do. — Paul O'Grady

When I write, I want something to sound good itself. — Padgett Powell

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it. — Ziggy Marley

And I repeat: if there is anything that can divert the land of my birth from its current stampede into the Stone Age, it is the widespread dissemination of the thoughts and perceptions that Robert Heinlein has been selling as entertainment since 1939. — Spider Robinson

On the superficiality of the industry: We are setting an example of what we think is beautiful and you really want to put that much make up on me? — Angelina Jolie