Suzy Birstein Quotes & Sayings

There's something about a catharsis that is very important. — Glenn Close

Reading is performance. The reader
the child under the blanket with a flashlight, the woman at the kitchen table, the man at the library desk
performs the work. The performance is silent. The readers hear the sounds of the words and the beat of the sentences only in their inner ear. Silent drummers on noiseless drums. An amazing performance in an amazing theater. — Ursula K. Le Guin

America is not going to be destroyed " he shouted passionately.
"Never?" prodded the old man softly. "Well ... " Nately faltered.
The old man laughed indulgently, holding in check a deeper, more explosive delight. His goading remained gentle. "Rome was destroyed, Greece was destroyed, Persia was destroyed, Spain was destroyed. All great countries are destroyed. Why not yours? How much longer do you really think your own country will last? Forever? Keep in mind that the earth itself is destined to be destroyed by the sun in twenty-five million years or so."
Nately squirmed uncomfortably. "Well, forever is a long time, I guess. — Joseph Heller

For Monet, on this occasion, water lilies were the measure of water lilies; and so he painted them. — Aldous Huxley

Remarkable places are like the summits of rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there. — Suzanne Curchod

It amazes me how people can close their minds off to the size of the Universe. With billions of stars, millions of galaxies, and possibly a googol of planets, how can it be that human beings are the only thinking animal in creation? — Coriander Woodruff

Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome. — Philip Massinger

I have done some tacky films, but then they were all my decisions, and I'm happy to have made those because they have made me who I am. — Bipasha Basu

Trust me," he said. "I know what I'm doing ... or at least"
he strolled confidently to the door
"Felix does. — J.K. Rowling

I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things — Albert Einstein

Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do. — Jason Statham

Outside observers often assume that the more complicted a piece of mathematics is, the more mathematicians admire it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mathematicians admire elegance and simplicity above all else, and the ultimate goal in solving a problem is to find the method that does the job in the most efficient manner. Though the major accolades are given to the individual who solves a particular problem first, credit (and gratitude) always goes to those who subsequently find a simpler solution. — Keith Devlin

Only the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers. — Rajneesh

He was smoking hot. As in H-O-T-T, hott. I'd never understood until that moment why girls insisted on adding an extra t. This guy was extra-t-worthy. — Wendy Higgins

It is often much harder to get rid of books than to acquire them. They stick to us in that pact of need and oblivion we make with them, witnesses to a moment in our lives we will never see again. While they are still there, it is part of us. — Carlos Maria Dominguez