Superstorms Book Quotes & Sayings

You ask me whether the Orient is up to what I imagined it to be. Yes, it is; and more than that, it extends far beyond the narrow idea I had of it. I have found, clearly delineated, everything that was hazy in my mind. Facts have taken the place of suppositions - so excellently so that it is often as though I were suddenly coming upon old forgotten dreams. — Gustave Flaubert

The new stuff's brilliant," I volunteer somewhat hesitantly because I really, really don't want him thinking that I'm trying to kiss his arse, but to my amazement he wrinkles his nose and seesaws his hand. "You don't like it?"
He shifts slightly. "No, it's fine. It's just sometimes it gets a bit uncomfortable singing lyrics that seem to be an ode to my sister in law's vagina! — Lily Morton

Praying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. — Gypsy Rose Lee

I felt uneasy, but sometimes, like I said before, I believed in Col. North and there was a very solid and very valid reason that he must have been doing this. — Fawn Hall

Joseph goes to the Social Service Department. "Can I help you?" the secretary inquires. Joseph answers: "Yes, I am God. I've come to see about a release from the hospital. — Milton Rokeach

Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up — Jodi Picoult

When you win, the rules change, and you find you've lost — David Mitchell

I never really know what I'm going to write next until it comes to me. So we'll just have to see what happens. — Sarah Dessen

I believe in prayer and in strong belief. — Tina Turner

Don't ask questions you don't want the answer, Micah. — Maya Banks

Oil replacements and then efficiencies in engines and housing and the way we build houses is a very interesting market. — Vinod Khosla

The bird only keeps good things about the future to herself, but you can bet we hear all the brown-trouser bits. — Ransom Riggs