Sueli Iatauro Quotes & Sayings

In creation myths, a god shapes mud or clay into living form, much like a potter throws a pot or a sculptor reveals the statue within a block of marble. But a writer has to create his own clay or stone before he can begin shaping life from it. — Stuart Dybek

Tattoos made my skin more me. — Larry Smith

She was forever on her way out... — Truman Capote

Maybe everyone is too rich. I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair. — John Steinbeck

I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, 'I'm going to ace this.' It's just not who I am. — Jennifer Egan

I think they are rising faster than they have any business, and that they would not be so black if they did not mean mischief. — Alexandre Dumas

It was her chaos that made her beautiful. — Atticus Poetry

The building itself almost appeared to be holding its breath. — Haruki Murakami

We will never recognize the true value of our own lives until we affirm the value in the life of others. — Ronald Reagan

The central point of the work of art is the work as origin, the point which cannot be reached, yet the only one which is worth reaching. — Maurice Blanchot

The tempest was terrible and separated me from my [other] vessels that night, putting every one of them in desperate straits, with nothing to look forward to but death. Each was certain the others had been destroyed. What man ever born, not excepting Job, who would not have died of despair, when in such weather seeking safety for my son, my brother, shipmates, and myself, we were forbidden [access to] the land and the harbors which I, by God's will and sweating blood, had won for Spain? — Christopher Columbus

I'm not so sure the role of the United States is going around the world saying this is the way its gotta be. — George W. Bush

Her smile grows bigger and more welcoming and I realize she's misinterpreted my leap across the hall as excitement to see her when all I want is to protect the kissing guys from her, from the whole world. — Jandy Nelson

The respectable family that supports worthless relatives or covers up their crimes in order to "protect the family name"(as if the moral stature of one man could be damaged by the actions of another)
-the bum who boasts that his great-grandfather was an empire-builder, or the small-town spinster who boasts that her maternal great-uncle was a state senator and her third cousin gave a concert at carnegie hall (as if the achievement of one man could rub off on the mediocrity of another)
-the parents who search geneological trees in order to evaluate their prospective son-in-law.
-the celebrity who starts his autobiography with a detailed account of his family history
-All these are samples of racism. — Ayn Rand

I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on. — James McBride