Paul Auster Timbuktu Quotes & Sayings

He was scaring me and not in a good 'I want to blow you and then let you fuck me kind of way' more of a 'I'm thinking of stabbing you in the heart to see if you've misplaced it' kind of way. — Pepper Winters

Another misconception is that if we truly loved someone, we will never finish with our grief, as if continued sorrow is a testimonial to our love. But true love does not need grief to support its truth. Love can last in a healthy and meaningful way, once our grief is dispelled. We can honor our dead more by the quality of our continued living than by our constantly remembering the past. — Judy Tatelbaum

Though you may not be able to change it, you can handle an ugly situation beautifully. — Vilayat Inayat Khan

If you don't want the fish, why do you catch them?" A few seconds pass. "For the quality of the conversation. — David Mitchell

Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white soul. He's singing and he's writing songs from the bottom of his gut. — Robin Thicke

A family is too frail a vessel to contain the risks of all the warring impulses expressed when such a group meets on common ground. — Pat Conroy

I've met so many people of my son's generation who think a sacrifice is when their satellite or Internet is out for a day and that the country owes them something. That old J.F.K. quote about 'what you can do for your country,' doesn't even seem to apply to so many people. — Steve Daines

A recent study shows that one hundred per cent of youngsters on hard drugs had at some time in their lives listened to so-called pop music — William Donaldson

Uncle Ted's Advice
Kid, you gotta walk through the door of fear
and either
10,000 shiny new doors will open for you -
or you'll be eaten by monsters.
That's life! — Beryl Dov

I'm not sure I've turned your Commander inside out, but I can assure you if that iron skillet was empty, I would bring him down a peg or two. — Julia Mills