Schooners Bloomington Quotes & Sayings

We the people have never agreed on much of anything. ... [D]isunity is the through-line in the national plot. Not necessarily as a failing, but as a free people's privileged. — Sarah Vowell

Man has much more to fear from the passions of his fellow-creatures, than from the convulsions of the elements. — Edward Gibbon

Nearly all novels are too long. — Rose Macaulay

Now Darkstripe,' Graypaw hissed to Firepaw under his breath, 'is neither young, nor pretty. — Erin Hunter

When you have emptied all content - thoughts, desires, memories, projections, hopes - when all is gone, for the first time you find yourself, because you are nothing but that pure space, that virgin space within you. Unburdened by anything, that contentless consciousness, that's what you are! Seeing it, realizing it, one is free. One is freedom, one is joy, one is bliss. — Rajneesh

I'm hungry."
"So am I." His tone was a lazy invitation. "When are you going to feed me? — Nalini Singh

The great thing about living today is that there is this thing called the Interweb, and you can just look up anything. — Padma Lakshmi

In my experience, there were two types of guys. One type asked you every five minutes what was on your mind and then got pissy when you didn't feel like sharing. The other type never asked and you got pissy when they didn't seem to care. — Kristen Ashley

People dress up for funerals. Why not dress up to celebrate that you're alive? — Gay Talese

Known to the Chinese as 'Iron-Headed Old Rat — Niall Ferguson

The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion. — Elie Wiesel

Near my house in Los Angeles is a waterfall. I love to take the wife and kids, but it's also near a sketchy neighborhood. So there's a lot of gang members that hang out at the waterfall. It's like somebody took an Ansel Adams photo and then put a Cypress Hill video inside it. — Al Madrigal

Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine writing was uncritical and emphasized wine as a romantic, historic beverage. Criticism and comparative tastings were eschewed for fear of offending the trade, which most writers depended upon for survival. — Robert M. Parker Jr.

A man who can't stay a bit shouldn't approach in the first place. Good advice, I think, and not just for priests. — Stephen King