Stockings Chapter Things They Carried Quotes & Sayings

A life accumulates a collection: of people, work and perplexities. We are all our own curators. — Richard Fortey

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much. — John Ortberg

Every religion is good - every religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it. — Daniel O'Connell

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin, young, famous, safe, and entertained. — Barack Obama

Wherever he went, my eyes followed. Whenever he spoke, all I could hear was his voice. I lingered on every word, every tone - completely and utterly under his spell. It was a frightening realization. — Avylinn Winter

I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a great visual culture. — Thurston Moore

I'm not, like, that smart. — Paris Hilton

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey. — Kathryn Bigelow