Sumita Basu Quotes & Sayings

Once you're alienated, you're on your own. That takes you to the world of the existential, where things just kind of float. — Harold Ramis

Proust, my big inspiration for 'Goon Squad,' uses music a lot in his novel, both in terms of plot and structure. I liked the idea of doing the same thing, which is one reason I structured 'Goon Squad' as a record album, with an A side and a B side, that's built around the contrasting sounds of the individual numbers in it. — Jennifer Egan

Future warns us through current symptoms in nature. — Toba Beta

My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one. — Warren Littlefield

Reading is a way to take in the difficult situations and understand them. The whole point of reading a book in class is to have discussion about what these situations are like. — Julia Alvarez

Monday morning broke through, rubbing Sunday out of its eyes. — Cynthia Bond

If you never make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.

If you make the same mistakes more than once, you're not paying attention. — Ben Delaney

From the beginning of time, we've had financial crises. People always blame the banks and for good reason. When you look for the root causes, they're almost always failed government policies. — Henry Paulson

No man of any intelligence would pretend to know a female mind. — Julia Quinn

Opinions are what make you old. — Marty Rubin

You want something that belongs only to us, that no one else can touch. A relationship, a marriage is nothing without a promise. Only the promise matters, because once it's broken, nothing is left. I promise you, Jace, that I love you. I love you now, and I will love you forever and ever. Nothing can change that. — Jay Bell

Ouch," Percy said. "Frank, the horse says you're a - you know, actually, I'm not going to translate that. — Rick Riordan

During that year at Harvard learning with Carl Steinitz, I had the feeling that I was drinking knowledge out of a fire hose. I learned more in that year than I had learned in the previous ten years of my education. — Jack Dangermond

Funny how well-rehearsed you can become at being who everyone thinks you should be. — Stevie J. Cole

I don't think I'd change the path that's got me where I am today. — Curtis Joseph