Piper Chapman Famous Quotes & Sayings

Maybe it's not, in the end, the virtues of others that so wrenches our hearts as it is the sense of almost unbearably poignant recognition when we see them at their most base, in their sorrow and gluttony and foolishness. You need the virtues, too - some sort of virtues - but we don't care about Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina or Raskolnikov because they're good. We care about them because they're not admirable, because they're us, and because great writers have forgiven them for it. — Michael Cunningham

A few months later Miss Mitten was killed by a milk van in Hobart, across the road from a cricket oval. To the twins there was hidden justice in the fact that the milk van had been reversing. — Arundhati Roy

The social contract is starting to unravel in many countries. — Jose Angel Gurria

I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs. — Coolio

All of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity to experience the joy and stability of marriage. — Rob Portman

Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance. — Alain De Botton