Spoonfuls Belleville Quotes & Sayings

There is no strictly secular language that can translate religious awe. — Marilynne Robinson

I'm not going to miss 95% of life to weigh 5% less. — Dan Pearce

Common sense is almost as omniscient as God. — Emily Dickinson

Much to his annoyance, a thought popped into his mind. It was very clear and very distinct, and he had now come to recognize these thoughts for what they were. His instinct was to resist them. — Douglas Adams

But, though I was very much in lust with him, I knew from the start we were nothing like "forever." Maybe because forever is such a scary place. — Ellen Hopkins

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. — Stephen Hawking

My brother! Nighteyes greeted me joyously. — Robin Hobb

We both stood a better chance if we took on the world together. — Jeannette Walls

Translation: I need to know the particulars of craziness so I can assure myself that I'm not crazy. — Susanna Kaysen

My genius from a boy
Has fluttered like a bird within my heart;
But could not thus confined her power employ,
Impatient to depart. — George Moses Horton

What freedom to be tied up, and still have the capability of ignoring ridiculous, silly conversations. — Sandra Staas

Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in fact which masks reality from us, in order to set us face to face with reality itself. — Henri Bergson