Pelecanos And The Wire Quotes & Sayings

You are mine." He spoke against her lips. "You always have been. You always will be. — Amanda Gray

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I won't do that. — Walt Disney

Markets are not just about the steam engine, iron foundries, or today's silicon-chip factories. Markets also supported Shakespeare, Haydn, and the modern book superstore. The rise of oil painting, classical music, and print culture were all part of the same broad social and economic developments, namely the rise of capitalism, modern technology, rule of law, and consumer society. — Tyler Cowen

The inevitable triumph of illusion over reality that was the single most obvious truth about the history of the human race. — Salman Rushdie

The laws of physics must provide a mechanism for the universe to come into being. — John P. Wheeler III

It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men. — Frederick Douglass

It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing ... — Andre Gide

Ha ha," he told her. "I get it. Very funny. Everyone loves a good deaf joke. Hey, why did God make farts stink? So deaf people could enjoy them, too." When — Joe Hill

...oppression is really quite simple. It's about looting. — Aurora Levins Morales

As I hold them in place, I can faintly hear Mo trying to reason with me. She sees the fire I have inside, the raw, poisonous hatred for what happened. I'm taking steps down a road and there is no turning back. — Jonas Lee

And no one ever told her anything at all. Tears and shouted questions got her nothing but pitying looks and new dolls. While the dolls were nice, she still wanted to know where her mother had really gone and when her real papa was coming back to her.
That was when she learned to be quiet and watch. When she tucked herself away in corners, people forgot she was there and talked about things in quiet, calm ways with no baby-speak. Bea hated baby-speak. — Amanda McCabe