Personae Author Quotes & Sayings

She turned her can'ts into cans, and her DREAMS into plans! (Stuck on my screen, and always will be). — Adrienne Vaughan

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to have a holiday and make a documentary. — Diane Cilento

We should not be frightened by appearances. — Alain De Botton

Two kinds of
people will love you:
those who confess
it, and those who
show you, like
cards on a table,
because love is
a gamble — Phil Volatile

All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox. — Vera Wang

The cell phone in my pocket went off. Shit! Damn it! Why do I carry these infernal gadgets? Why does anybody in their right mind need to constantly be on call? — James Patterson

Show love, tolerance and respect to everyone. — Lauren Faust

- The earth hums?
- Of course it does. What a stupid question! Don't you hear it? — Jeff Smith

We can't be perfect all the time and that's okay. In the heat of the battle, in the heat of the moment, you might say things or do things that aren't right, but at the same time, Christ forgives us. Christ will always forgive you. — Mark Teixeira

Nobody but the residents would call this sector the Hub Worlds, unless they thought the rest of the wheel had fallen off. — Elizabeth Moon

He started Number the Stars before we were even out of the store. "The only problem is, I already know how it ends," he said. "Because once when I looked at it back at the library, I found out."
"I do that too," I said. "It's a bad habit."
"But I never mean to." He was walking, talking, and reading all at the same time. "It's that I always have to look back and see how many pages there are, so I know when I'll be exactly halfway through, but then when I see the last page it's like my eyes suck up all the words. — Rebecca Makkai

I'm an empress.
I wear an apron.
My typewriter writes.
It didn't break the way it warned.
Even crazy, I'm as nice
as a chocolate bar. — Anne Sexton

Attachment and aversion are the root cause of karma, and karma originates from infatuation. Karma is the root cause of birth and death, and these are said to be the source of misery. None can escape the effect of their own past karma. — Mahavira

I'm sorry for the ducks; I love foie gras. — Jose Andres