Peripeteia In Oedipus Quotes & Sayings

I turned my lips to the hand that lay on my shoulder. I loved him very much - more than I could trust myself to say - more than words had power to express — Charlotte Bronte

Women don't always want to be treated like we're delicate, or rare, or somehow more precious. We want to be wanted. We want sex to be just as raw as you do. — Christina Lauren

She serves me a piece of it a few minutes
out of the oven. A little steam rises
from the slits on top. Sugar and spice -
cinnamon - burned into the crust.
But she's wearing these dark glasses
in the kitchen at ten o'clock
in the morning - everything nice -
as she watches me break off
a piece, bring it to my mouth,
and blow on it. My daughter's kitchen,
in winter. I fork the pie in
and tell myself to stay out of it.
She says she loves him. No way
could it be worse. — Raymond Carver

The late afternoon light came in through the curtains and made his face a study in contrasts. Chiaroscuro, she thought. The art of shadows and light. — Cassandra Clare

We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat. — Yann Martel

There are neither the strong nor the weak. Can anyone say that the weak do not suffer more than the strong? — Shusaku Endo

But ... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form. — Larry Niven

The United States, which would live on Christian principles with all of the peoples of the world, cannot omit a fair deal for its own Indian citizens. — Harry S. Truman

That's also why comedy and horror are my two favorite genres of film to write, because you get these outbursts of emotion from people, laughter and shock, and it's really thrilling, and I like to be thrilled. — Diablo Cody

Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power that feminism cannot explain and has tried to destroy. Through stars like Taylor, we sense the world-disordering impact of legendary women like Delilah, Salome, and Helen of Troy. Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary clich?. But the femme fatale expresses women's ancient and eternal control of the sexual realm. The specter of the femme fatale stalks all men's relations with women. — Camille Paglia

I'm empty. I'm being asked to give everything, when I have nothing left. — Romina Russell

Don't look up for God, look in. — Art Hochberg

There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning. — Matthew Lillard