Reitzels Quotes & Sayings

'Cloud Atlas' is for everybody. The main character in the movie is humanity. — Lilly Wachowski

Where I will find peace other than in oblivion? — Sorin Cerin

You can always put balsamic vinaigrette on salted meat and sort of pretend it's a salad. — Karen Russell

A lot of bands mature, which means they get square; they start delivering messages. Hey, you got a message, use Western Union. — David Lee

Hacker with Bullhorn: "Save your money! Accept one of our free tanks! It is invulnerable, and can drive across rocks and swamps at ninety miles an hour while getting a hundred miles to the gallon!"
Prospective Station Wagon Buyer: "I know what you say is true ... but ... er ... I don't know how to maintain a tank!"
Bullhorn: "You don't know how to maintain a station wagon either!"
Buyer: "But this dealership has mechanics on staff. If something goes wrong with my station wagon, I can take a day off work, bring it here, and pay them to work on it while I sit in the waiting room for hours, listening to elevator music."
Bullhorn: "But if you accept one of our free tanks, we will send volunteers to your house to fix it for free while you sleep!"
Buyer: "Stay away from my house, you freak! — Neal Stephenson

Intuition is a woman's gift that comes packaged in responsibility. If we don't change the world for good, who will? — Toni Sorenson

I am ambitious. I set goals; not because I am ungrateful for what I have, but because I am happy with who I am. I enjoy the experience of rising above my perceived limitations and discovering new levels of my capabilities. — Steve Maraboli

Her eyelids fluttered. "Francis," she murmured.
"Cathy," he murmured back.
"Heathcliff," muttered Kit, as he set about making sandwiches. — Justine Larbalestier

We found each other for so long before we lost each other. — Jeffrey Eugenides

Em reminds me of one of my friends from back home. It was just so natural. I forgot in two seconds that he was the biggest-selling artist of the decade. He knows what he's doing. Me and him mixed [the song] together and he's not like somebody that's telling somebody what to do. We were both on the board turning knobs. The atmosphere and the vibe down there was just super cool. — Alex Da Kid

An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and then help you look for it. — David Sheff

People saw the Depression as a necessary thing - a chance to squeeze out the excesses, get back to Puritan morality. That just made things worse. — Ben Bernanke

Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability. — Mahatma Gandhi

Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices lurking beneath apparently pleasant social surfaces, the cosy smugness of belonging. — Tom Paulin