Reannexed Quotes & Sayings

To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it. — Milan Kundera

My method is related to an attempt to do something that might be understood by today's world, or that could at least provide understanding. In other words, doing something I understand and that everyone understands. This natural desire for communication is also found in other domains, like reading and discourse, etc. I also hate repeating myself; it gives me no pleasure whatsoever. Once I've understood something, I need to start off on new ground. — Gerhard Richter

And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people. — Morris West

If I gaze at my beloved
she may feel embarrassed
and if I do not,
she will feel neglected.
I can see the stars reflecting
in the calm water of her face
but if I look away
I lose my clarity. — Rumi

Women need attention therefore women will complain, develop hatred for men and say that you're the one to blame. — Drake

I not only rejoice, but congratulate my beloved country Texas is reannexed, and the safety, prosperity, and the greatest interest of the whole Union is secured by this great and important national act. — Andrew Jackson

The boys have to have a chance to be at peace, at rest, without someone listening, to favor or despise them depending on the way they talk act and think. — Orson Scott Card

Come to bed with me, you blasted radical. Bring me your revolution. — K.J. Charles

There's a lot of dudes in my neighborhood that have handlebar mustaches. Which is cool if you want to have a handlebar mustache but don't try to have a conversation with me like you don't have a handlebar mustache. — Hannibal Buress

The only possible proof of the existence of water, the most convincing and the most intimately true proof, is thirst. — Gaston Bachelard

You wouldn't. You're an aberration," he said. "How do I know you won't kill us all anyway?" I said. "You're the one I need to feed to the fire," he said. "Drop the gun and you can save this girl." "Not terribly convincing," I said, stalling for time, hoping for that time to bring something. — Jeff Lindsay

I could feel the weight of everything then
the weight of loneliness, of everything that had gone wrong. I felt heroic, going up those last few flights to the top of the building, dragging that weight along with me. Jumping felt like the only way to get rid of it, the only way to make it work for me instead of against me; I felt so heavy that I knew I'd hit the street in no time. I'd beat the world record for falling off a tower block. — Nick Hornby

I'm always happy to talk to somebody; it's flattering that people remember your movies. Especially some movie that you did, for Christ's sake, almost 35 years ago, or what's especially pleasant is if you're talking about some movie that you did 35 years ago and they're 20 years old. — Walter Hill

All my movies, as I get the ability to do it, they tend to go a little darker, a little darker. — Todd Phillips