Philebus Commentary Quotes & Sayings

It was not about keeping a man; it was a lesson on how not to become an ugly woman. — Yiyun Li

Rest leads to renewal of spirit, soul and strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The farmer doesn't care for the pitchers' battle that resolves itself into a checkers game. The farmer loves the dramatic, and slugging is more dramatic than even the cleverest pitching. — Home Run Baker

But only God can make a tree. — Joyce Kilmer

Do I feel ancient to you now?" he murmered. "Too different from the person you loved before you knew this?"
Her eyes were already glowing green, and her full lips parted. "No, you don't feel too ancient." Her voice was husky. "Or too different. You feel like mine. Whoever you were, whoever you are ... you're mine."
Mencheres smiled, his fangs stretching to their full length. "So you have spoken, so it shall be decreed. For all eternity. — Jeaniene Frost

I don't think the revisionist historians are accurate. I think their agendas are clouded by selfishness and anger and rage. — Sherman Alexie

Perfection can mask imperfection. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

I haven't even thought about a world record. I just want to go out there and have fun. I think when you focus too much on the numbers, you don't see anything that's out there. — Missy Franklin

It was, I think in retrospect, the most dramatic individual personal act I have ever seen a soldier take. The mighty powers may try to cover up, but the little people can still sometimes win. — Robert Fisk

He was so pretty I wanted to frame him and put him on my nightstand in a totally non-creepy, non-Hannibal Lector skin-suit-wearing kind of way. — Tara Sivec

People on corporate conveyor belts, like animals in slaughter-chutes are all part of the same big massacre of joy. — Bryant McGill

Left wing ... Right wing ... it's so limited; why doesn't it ever occur to any of them that what one is really longing for is the wishbone? — Jan Struther