Sesquipedalian Tergiversation Quotes & Sayings

Do not think me a maiden who needs saving from a dragon. I am the dragon, and I will set the world aflame. — Sydney Marie Hughes

Call them what you want. Garden gnomes. Lawn ornaments. Little evil outdoor statuary hell-bent on world domination. It doesn't matter. What does matter is that, right now, they're hiding in plain sight, pretending to be symbols of merriment and good will. — Chuck Sambuchino

I've always said I'm the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that's ever existed, because I've been inside more bars than mosques. — Aasif Mandvi

Can you hope for hope? — Francisco X Stork

Not to excuse myself, but you have people right in front of you denying your very presence like that, then see if you don't doubt whether you actually exist. — Haruki Murakami

The slow darkening of the murals as you look from right to left. It seems somehow to symbolise the gradual imposition of the Spaniards' conquering will upon the Indians. Do you see what I mean? — Malcolm Lowry

Robbery is a serious, shameful matter, Captain Blood." "I know it is. I've practised a good deal of it myself. — Rafael Sabatini

She closed her eyes and tried to think, as she had done so many times in her life, of something she was looking forward to, but there was nothing. Not the slightest thing. Not even Sunday. Nothing maybe except sleep, and she was not even certain she was looking forward to sleep. In any case, she could not sleep yet, since it was not yet nine o'clock. There was nothing she could do. It was as though she had been locked away. In — Colm Toibin

Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain. — Sophocles

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony. — Anne Lamott