Reinacher Family Tree Quotes & Sayings

Updike was the first to take the penile sensorium under the wing of elaborate metaphorical prose. — Nicholson Baker

More and more, I have come to realize how thoughts and concepts are all that block us from always being ... in the absolute ... When the view is there, thoughts are seen for what they truly are: fleeting and transparent, and only relative ... You do not cling to thoughts and emotions or reject them, but welcome them all within the vast embrace of Rigpa. — Sogyal Rinpoche

She is at a crossroads: a child's violent will to survive lodged in her chest where her heart should be, but an utter indifference along with it. — Lidia Yuknavitch

Like many another member of the gentle sex, she seems to have been ready enough to accept the perquisites of her position, but saw no reason why she should be asked to give anything in return. — W. Somerset Maugham

It was one of those questions you couldn't ask in case he were to tell the truth. — Kate Atkinson

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted. — Harlan Coben

I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect. — Ingmar Bergman

Marriage is unbelievable, i couldn't be more in love. — Jessica Simpson