Pijayal Pandit Quotes & Sayings

It was Dolana, at the salt farm, who first told me about the gaze of men: that look of temporary possession that some men pressed against female flesh. About its dangers and possibilities. It can be used to survive, Dolana had said softly, showing me the power that lay in reflecting a man's desire. And even at twelve years old, the knowledge of it was already in the way I moved my head, my hands, my shoulders. But Dolana had whispered her secrets to a girl. And I had to become a boy. I had to stop being alert to the turn of a man's head towards me. Stop glancing up to meet his gaze in fleeting connection. Stop falsely veiling my eyes from his momentary interest. It was hard to train out of my body, but I practised and learned to cloak myself in the skin and gaze of a boy. — Alison Goodman

A body can only deliver up the truth its bones know, Its blood, which is its history. — Catherynne M Valente

If we do not accomplish it in time, what has begun with a monkey may not end with a monkey. Next even a swarm of mosquitoes may decide to challenge your authority. — R.K. Narayan

He advocated that all who follow Jesus are priests, not just the official clergy. Much of what he said made sense, as did his kind manner. But why was he here now? Had this persecuted recluse emerged just to speak to me? — David Holdsworth

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent. — Joe Strummer

Hey, uh, you know. Um. If you're alive, uh, call me." I looked at the screen and said, "It's Jane." I closed the phone, thinking, Lame. I am so lame. — Faith Hunter

Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. — Martin Luther

The models have always been the least interesting thing about fashion. — Cindy Sherman

Men who marry for gratification, propagation or the matter of buttons or socks, must expect to cope with and deal in a certain amount of quibble, subterfuge, concealments, and double, deep-dyed prevarication. — Elbert Hubbard

When men are fighting for their lives they are not often disposed to be complimentary to those who are trying to kill them. — Winston S. Churchill

Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people. — Thomas Horn

Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop. — Rumi

Everyone who does not live in Berlin lives in Brooklyn now. — Don DeLillo

I guess you'd say I'm a gearhead. It's not just guitars; I have five or six drum sets, a bunch of keyboards ... It's like Guitar Center exploded, and all the cool stuff dropped in my backyard. I'm a really lucky guy, I have to admit. — Daron Malakian