Ransoms Clam Quotes & Sayings

In the end he became as fragmentary as the poems of Sappho he never succeeded in restoring, and finally one morning he looked up into the face of the woman who'd been the greatest love of his life and failed to recognize her. And then there was another kind of blow inside his head; blood pooled in his brain for the last time, washing even the last fragments of his self away. — Jeffrey Eugenides

If he's foolish enough to think beauty is in the skin and not the heart, then I hope he dies quickly and rids the world of his stupidity. — Sylvain Reynard

The predominant cancer metaphor is war. We fight cancer, usually valiantly. We attack tumors and try to annihilate them and bring out our arsenals to do that, and so on. It's us against cancer. This metaphor has come in for its share of criticism within the ethical, psychological and even oncological disciplines. A main concern is that when someone dies of cancer, the message that remains is that that person just hasn't fought hard enough, was not a brave enough soldier against the ultimate foe, did not really want to win.

The cancer-is-war metaphor does not seem to allow space for the idea that in actual war, some soldiers die heroically for the larger good, no matter which side wins. War is death. In the cancer war, if you die, you've lost and cancer has won. The dead are responsible not just for getting cancer, but also for failing to defeat it. — Alanna Mitchell

Tradition, thou art for suckling children, Thou art the enlivening milk for babes, But no meat for men is in thee. — Stephen Crane

15-Day Tear-Out Menu Plan — Ani Phyo

In the individual who is characterized by independence without corresponding relatedness, there will develop hostility toward those whom he believes to be the occasion of his isolation. In the individual who is symbiotically dependent there will develop hostility toward those whom he regards as instrumental in the suppression of his capacities and freedom. — Rollo May

I still have a desire to do some sketch comedy. My dream is to be on 'SNL,' to host 'SNL.' — Selenis Leyva

Bowie Comeback Makes Top 10 Singles Chart 2.52M — Alain De Botton

Swapping out the nine-to-five for a more agile, independent working life brings with it one other huge benefit - a channel for self-actualization. — Leah Busque

Sweden is famous for many things - but not fashion. — Stefan Persson

But you got stupid. Never go soft over a piece of ass, man. Never. — Kit Rocha

Only I keep wishing I could think of a way ... to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games. — Suzanne Collins

Far more important throughout the rest of science is the ability to form concepts, during which the researcher conjures images and processes by intuition. — E. O. Wilson