Sleepthe Quotes & Sayings

There could be no romance in the terrible possibility that Gretel Nissenbaum had fled on foot, alone, not to her family but simply to escape from her life; in what exigency of need, what despondency of spirit, no name might be given it by any who have not experienced it. — Joyce Carol Oates

Tally wondered if you could talk somebody out of their brain damage. — Scott Westerfeld

Lots of little Bigwigs, Hazel! Think of that, and tremble! — Richard Adams

Listen: if I am a painter and I do your portrait, have I or haven't I the right to paint you as I want? — Oriana Fallaci

Some people are just not meant to be in this world. It's just too much for them. — Phoebe Stone

I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government's policy towards people of color. — Assata Shakur

If there is honesty in your face, the battle is won. It doesn't have to be the most beautiful face in the world. The audience can relate to you then. They feel love, not lust, for you. — Preity Zinta

My father wasn't a hard guy. He was a well-liked guy. He had a lot of compassion about things in life. There were rules, but there was also flexibility within those rules. He didn't push me when it came to golf: he just taught me the right way to play the game. — Tom Watson

Night is the time to weep,To wet with unseen tearsThose graves of memory where sleepThe joys of other years. — James Montgomery

The general ignominy that is the corollary of insight, i.e., the ignominy of having thus far lived in error, of having failed, until the moment of so-called insight, to understand what could have been understood earlier, an ignominy only deepened by prospective shame, because the moment of insight serves as a reminder that more such moments lie ahead, and that one always goes forward in error. — Joseph O'Neill