Porcia Bartholomae Quotes & Sayings

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. — Friedrich Nietzsche

It was still dark when Jack left on Friday morning. He sat beside me on the bed and pulled my sleeping body upward, holding me. I awakened with a murmur, and he held my head in one hand, long fingers cupping firmly around my skull. His rich baritone was soft in my ear. "You do what you have to. I won't stand in the way. But when I come back, you're not shutting me out, you hear? I'm going to take you somewhere . . . a nice long vacation . . . and we're going to talk, and I'm going to hold you while you cry until you feel better. And we'll get you through this." He kissed my cheek and smoothed my hair, and lowered me back to the mattress. — Lisa Kleypas

He laughed. "Yeah, all right, I see," she said. "Mmm. Why did you have to mention tomatoes? I used the last of the dried ones last week, and — Diana Gabaldon

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. — Dr. Seuss

The breath of life comes from God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I don't like to go out in general. — Courteney Cox

The architect must be a prophet ... a prophet in the true sense of the term ... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect. — Frank Lloyd Wright

I won the only duel I ever lost. — Patrick Rothfuss

It is hard to stop loving the ocean. Even after it has left you gasping, salty. — Sarah Kay

I'm proud of myself for doing my best. That's all anyone can ask of me. — Stefanie Weisman

I wonder if Stephen King ever uses dreams in his writing. You know, as yeast to make the plot rise. — Stephen King

But what about me? I suffer, but still, I don't live. I am x in an indeterminate equation. I am a sort of phantom in life who has lost all beginning and end, and who has even forgotten his own name. You are laughing- no, you are not laughing, you are angry again. You are forever angry, all you care about is intelligence, but I repeat again that I would give away all this superstellar life, all the ranks and honours, simply to be transformed into the soul of a merchant's wife weighing eighteen stone and set candles at God's shrine — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

My first big job was an Abercrombie &Fitch campaign. But my mom wouldn't let me skip school for it, so I missed half of the shoot. When we got there, we realized Bruce Weber was the photographer; we knew we had made a mistake! — Lauren Bush

It's very difficult for governments to dominate the Internet because it's so difficult to control. People want to be free. People want to hear multiple voices. They want to make their own decisions. And people who see things will report things. — Eric Schmidt