Spaynes Quotes & Sayings

Scars are beautiful when we see them as glorious reminders that we courageously survived. — Lysa TerKeurst

Name the horizon, and it's ours."
By the time the auditorium doors opened, they were gone — Alexandra Bracken

But there is that about well-intentioned advice that has the opposite effect of the one intended, and causes a Spanish fly of perversity to enter into the hitherto passive soul. — Caitlin Thomas

Like the muscles knew from the beginning that it would end with this, this inevitable falling apart ... It's sad, but a relief as well to know that two things so closely bound together can separate with so little violence, leaving smooth surfaces instead of bloody shreds. — Julie Powell

Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it is casting out a devil. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

In Globetrotter, David Albahari explores the consciousness of emigres from the former Yugoslavia, Croatia and Serbia, showing that while abroad, many of us are even more intensely preoccupied with our histories than we were while living in Yugoslavia. His narrative structured out of realistic details and perceptions with self-conscious meditation blending history, civilization and its discontents, and personal experience reaches a density and intensity akin to Krasznahorkai's and Thomas Bernhard's. An intensely idiosyncratic narrative, enjoyable and thoughtful. — Josip Novakovich

If we achieve satori and the satori shows, like a bit of dogshit stuck to the top of our nose, that is not so good. — Taisen Deshimaru

I recognize how lucky I am as an actor. I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old. — Sara Rue

Fella says today, 'Depression is over. I seen a jackrabbit, an' they wasn't nobody after him.' An' another fella says, 'That aint the reason. Can't afford to kill jackrabbits no more. Catch 'em and milk 'em an' turn 'em loose. One you seen prob'ly gone dry. — John Steinbeck

It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman. — Barbra Streisand

Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears. — J. Sidlow Baxter

The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner. — Natalie Massenet

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest. — May Sarton