Praines Quotes & Sayings

I mean you last as long as lies. — Edwin Arlington Robinson

understood that from this moment, the stepping-stones — Jean Sasson

Events are not a matter of chance. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

tonight it taco night" -rachel (cam's mom) — Ally Carter

Happily the Government of the United States ... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. — George Washington

In a modern Western culture, where the main idol is self; and its main doctrine is autonomy; and its central act of worship is being entertained; and its three main shrines are the television, the Internet, and the cinema; and its most sacred genuflection is the uninhibited act of sexual intercourse. ========== This Momentary Marriage A Parable of Permanence — Anonymous

Well at least your awake," he sighs
"You had me worried."
"Get your hands away from me."
He waves sheathed fingers in front of my face.
"I'm all covered up. Don't worry."
"I hate you."
"So much passion." He laughs again. He looks so calm, so genuinely amused. He stares at me with eyes softer than I ever expected them to be.
I turn away. — Tahereh Mafi

The effect, if not the prime office, of criticism is to make our absorption and our enjoyment of the things that feed the mind as aware of itself as possible, since that awareness quickens the mental demand, which thus in turn wanders further and further for pasture. This action on the part of the mind practically amounts to a reaching out for the reasons of its interest, as only by its ascertaining them can the interest grow more various. This is the very education of our imaginative life. — Henry James

Let's develop theories patiently and honestly thinking them out, in order to promptly act against them - acting and justifying our actions with new theories that condemn them. Let's cut a path in life then go immediately against that path. Let's adopt all the poses and gestures of something we aren't and don't even wish to be, and don't even wish to taken for being. — Fernando Pessoa

Because I work in television, I always knew that I loved working with writers. It's very collaborative. You're always in a room full of writers. — Melissa Rosenberg

I came home one night, some month ago, and I went to the closet in my bedroom ... and a moth ate my sports jacket.
He was laying on the floor, nauseous, y'know. — Woody Allen

You let the story cool off and then, instead of rewriting it, you relive it. — Ray Bradbury

Acting didn't solve much! If it did, I would have ended up much less crazy than I am today, but I'm not. At least for me, acting is a relief - a relief to be able to admit certain things about myself and disguise in my work, in my characters. — Dustin Hoffman

Do horrible things to me," she whispers. "Before I do them to everyone else. Please. Please, Lucas. — C.M. Stunich