Swing Time Zadie Smith Quotes & Sayings

It takes forty muscles to frown, and only twelve to jam a cupcake in your mouth and get over it. — Sarah Ockler

John Thorpe [ ... ] was a stout young man of middling height, who, with a plain face and ungraceful form, seemed fearful of being too handsome unless he wore the dress of a groom, and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil, and impudent where he might be allowed to be easy. — Jane Austen

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance. — Charles Darwin

She who leads with her heart is never forgotten. — Turcois Ominek

She's not ready for forever ... even if I am. And I am. I would seal my future with her for the rest of my life if I could. My need for her is that strong. Or is it my love for her that is so strong? — Elizabeth Finn

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness ... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now. — Kristin Scott Thomas

But there is always a point where things can no longer be put off, where you can't be weak one more day and promise yourself that tomorrow, tomorrow you will start that other life. — Jo Nesbo

The precious ... uniqueness which the human individual claims is conferred on him not by possession of an immortal soul but by possession of a mortal body. ... If death gives life individuality and if man is the organism which represses death, then man is the organism which represses his own individuality. Norman O. Brown, Life Against Death — Alan W. Watts

I like having the dough to come and go as I please. — Bruce Willis

All I knew was that my father enjoyed my company, asked my opinion, and treated me better than he treated himself. What more could any child want? — Gloria Steinem

The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants. — William Shakespeare