Streateries Quotes & Sayings

A staff can be no better than the man it serves. — David Halberstam

Repent heart, rebirth of spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness, said Amenhotep III. — Naguib Mahfouz

People mean well. That is what he believes. How then is he married to me? I hate often and easily. I hate, for example, people who sit with their legs splayed. People who claim to give 110 percent. People who call themselves "comfortable" when what they mean is decadently rich. You're so judgmental, my shrink tells me, and I cry all the way home, thinking of it. Later, — Jenny Offill

My dear Frodo!' exclaimed Gandalf. 'Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I've thought a lot about success, because it's very strange to me that I've been successful. — Steve Carell

If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative. — Dani Shapiro

We all have a tree inside us. Finding it is just a matter of time. — Sahar Delijani

You lose a child and you do understand each other's grief at first, but if you get out of step with each other, it's all over. Suddenly each of you is alone. — Alison Bruce

When I started writing, I just wanted to do something different and creative. I first thought neo-soul was a good pathway for me, so I tried that out but realized I didn't want to be placed in that box. — Leon Bridges