Ristovski Quotes & Sayings

We hated not knowing something. We hated not knowing who was going to walk Spanish down the hall. How would our bills get paid? And where would we find new work? We knew the power of the credit card companies and the collection agencies and the consequences of bankruptcy. Those institutions were without appeal. They put your name into a system, and from that point forward, vital parts of the American dream were foreclosed upon. A backyard swimming pool. A long weekend in Vegas. A low-end BMW. These were not Jeffersonian ideals, perhaps, on par with life and liberty, but at this advanced stage, with the West won and the Cold War over, they, too, seemed among our inalienable rights. — Joshua Ferris

Before my daughter was lost to me, I might have attributed his apparent stillness and control to a lack of feeling, but now I know, to my cost, that appearing unfeeling is the price we sometimes pay for being able to speak at all. — Louise Doughty

I give this to you because it is the key that will unlock the door between your past and your future. — Nicole Sager

Rewards of life lived with principles; bloom, when life is about to end or has departed already. — Aniruddha Sastikar

Ladies and Gentlemen ... we are floating in Space! — Jostein Gaarder

I don't keep a travel diary. I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to write down. Everything else slipped away, as though my mind felt jilted by my reliance on pen and paper. For exactly the same reason I don't travel with a camera. My holiday becomes the snapshots and anything I forget to record is lost. — Alex Garland

He leans back in his chair and just looks at it all, the final diary of a dying girl. — Amy Zhang

It's somewhat bizarre to learn that many of you think that other humans are somehow different enough to be hated and killed when in reality you're all tiresomely similar in outlook, needs and motivation, and differ only by peculiar habits, generally shaped by geographical circumstances. — Jasper Fforde

Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function? — Robert Sheckley

ObamaCare will ultimately destroy valuable jobs. — Morgan Griffith