Shanuska Quotes & Sayings

When you are turning pages
if you are in the midst of a really good writer
of the very rare kind

his or her voice becomes crystal clear

and all of your own so very still.
They sit down, fold their arms across
your lap and shhhhstillness from within

and from this
in this rare moment

you will be able to observe and then
if you wish
rewrite
your own story.

Yes, this is what the really rare and good writer does
and how reading can heal your life story. — Cathrine Lodoen

Why cry over dried flowers?
They're meant to be straw.
Why cry over miniature roses?
They're meant to be small. — Marilyn Chin

When they [Democrats] running all these ads that are characterizing [Mitt] Romney as a rich, insensitive, out of touch, aloof nerd who loved having his dog on the roof of the station wagon, who didn't care when the wife of an employee dies with cancer. — Rush Limbaugh

And Lublamai no longer thought of screaming but only of watching as those dark markings rolled and boiled in perfect symetry across the wings like clouds in a night sky above, in water below. — China Mieville

Nice and good are different. Being nice involves immediate actions and immediate consequences - you give water to the thirsty and comfort to the afflicted right here, right now. Being good involves living in the world so that you contribute to the welfare of your fellow human beings. — Charles Murray

Men and women are immigrants in each other's worlds. — Yakov Smirnoff

I've got swag! You jelly? — Various

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do. — Benjamin Franklin

Acting attracts shy people and show-offs. — Penelope Wilton

Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case. — Joseph Wambaugh

Just to let you know that the buffet car will be closing for stocktaking in five minutes. The next station stop is Chesterfield. — Oscar Wilde

Penology ... has become torture and foolishness, a waste of money and a cause of crime ... a blotting out of sight and heightening of social anxiety. — Paul Goodman

God will recruit as necessary from the human cast in order to reorder human history. — Walter Brueggemann

Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

I'd like to prove that if you take care of yourself, you can actually not regret the fact that you've become an old-timer, but you can just still improve and actually get better. — Tony Bennett