Salberg Jeffrey Quotes & Sayings

I am a citizen of a country that has just undergone a thieved election, a country deeply and dangerously divided between rich and poor, but also between rich and middle class. What I believe in and what my government represents are not the same thing. — Adrienne Rich

Looking at her, he could almost see the painted serpent squirming on her skin, ready to turn, mouth open. — Megan Abbott

He didn't need to get up and look in the ornate, gilt-edged mirror over the massive fireplace to know that calamitous was the accurate word for his face. His right eye drooped, and the right half of his face was a gnarled mess of scar tissue. He was missing a small chunk of his nose on the right side, and he wore his hair shaggy to conceal the scar where his right ear used to be. But no amount of hairstyling could conceal the fact that his right arm was missing below the elbow. And his right leg, also injured in the blast, would always cause him to walk with a slight limp. Once a handsome young man, he was now a monster. A beast. — Katy Regnery

The whole idea of emotions being something we can't escape as humans, but that deep suffering that comes from resisting them, we can move out of that just by not resisting anymore. But it takes a really brave warrior soul to sit there in these emotions that admittedly don't feel good in the body. — Alanis Morissette

Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity. — John Tillotson

I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid. — J. C. Watts

Progress in the most impoverished parts of our world enriches us all. — Barack Obama

I think the thing about the Internet is that it has so many characteristics that can be easily construed to be similar or almost identical to print that it can be misleading. — Khoi Vinh

Some saints cannot do menial work while maintaining a saintly attitude because they feel such service is beneath their dignity. — Oswald Chambers

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it ... seemed a defeat. — Martha Gellhorn

A horse is a thing of beauty ... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. — Xenophon

But people tend to forget what isn't in front of their faces, and most of them are too stupid to read their history. — Darren Pillsbury

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart. — Eminem

Google attempted to run a search engine in China, and they ended up giving up. — Rebecca MacKinnon