Regretter Crossword Quotes & Sayings

Reading was not an escape for her, any more than it is for me. It was an aspect of direct experience. She distinguished, of course, between the fictional world and the real one, in which she had to prepare dinners and so on. Still, for us, the fictional world was an extension of the real, and in no way a substitute for it, or refuge from it. Any more than sleeping is a substitute for waking. (Jincy Willett) — Jincy Willett

Realism in foreign policy is made up of a clear set of values, since difficult foreign policy decisions are often decided with the narrowest of majorities. Without any sense of what is right and wrong, one would drown in a flood of difficult and pragmatic decisions. — Henry A. Kissinger

We do not live on the Earth, we are a part of how the Earth lives. — David Richo

his facetious grace in writing," and much else. — Bill Bryson

Certainly in my appetite for more challenges, it's very much alive. I love comedy and it comes to me in a natural way. — Shawn Levy

Is there something else you have to say? Something you're not telling me?" "Yes. Up your game, Stark. These might be the End Times. I don't want you half-assing your way through them." It's a good party-line statement, but it's not what he's thinking about. There's something else. — Richard Kadrey

I'd sooner believe in a ghost story than believe in love."
"That doesn't matter," I told her. "Love still believes in you. — Natalie Lloyd

We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives. — Peter Singer

Matsu gathered up what little was left of the food and wrapped it back up in the furoshiki. 'I followed you and the others down to the beach yesterday morning. I wondered if you might try to find your way to peace as she did.'
'I couldn't,' I began to cry, turning away in shame. Then Matsu leaned over close to my ear. He smelled of sweat and the earth as he whispered, 'It takes greater courage to live. — Gail Tsukiyama

The older I get, the more intensely I feel about the world around me. — Gloria Steinem