Poblados Quotes & Sayings

The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions. — Alan Paton

We're all crazy, Ms. Sutton. Some of us are simply crazier than others. — Lily White

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart. — Charles Dickens

So afterward, when you no longer love him, it bothers you just to think that you once wanted him. — Elena Ferrante

When I started graduate school we did this publishing class where we learned about submitting and read interviews with editors from different magazines. A lot of them said they got so many submissions that unless the first page stuck out or the first paragraph or even the first sentence they'll probably send it back. So part of my idea was that if I have a really good first sentence maybe they'll read on a bit further. At least half, maybe more of the stories in Knockemstiff started with the first sentence; I got it down then went from there. — Donald Ray Pollock

Knock on wood, my groupies tend to be very artistic, creative people - sometimes way more creative than I am. — Patton Oswalt

A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make ... — Stevie Smith

Time is not so all-erasing as we think. — Constance Fenimore Woolson

When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get you through the nigh.The biggest Slurpee you can find,half cherry half Coke.Pajama pants, the kind that have been washed so many times they are tissue-paper thin. And finally,dace breaks.Lots of dance breaks. — Jenny Han

No one ever stopped when they were winning. — Ernest Hemingway,