Sumomo Akihime Quotes & Sayings

When you're touring, it's somehow hard to focus on other things. I know other people can do it, but I really can't. — Julia Kent

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers. — Jewel

The work I was involved in had no obvious therapeutic benefit. It was purely of scientific interest. I hope the country will continue to support basic research even though it may have no obvious practical value. — John Gurdon

It's hard to see. There are only the shadows of things. She feels along the fridge to the wall and the phone, touching first her uncle's keys, then her dead aunt's, a woman Devon can feel judging her from the grave even though she's only borrowing something, not stealing it. She has never stolen anything in her life, and she never will. She steps into the cool, still air of the closed garage and she sees Sick's face. The way he looked at her as she let him in, the only one. His hair hung down and his lips were parted and as he moved inside her his eyes seemed to shine with a sweet sadness, the kind that only comes when you know something good can never, ever last. But you keep going anyway. All you can do is keep going and never quit. — Andre Dubus III

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read. — Sinclair Lewis