Syit Piawai Quotes & Sayings

Any gift from a true friend is valuable, even if it's a hollow walnut shell. — Firoozeh Dumas

They must not understand why he's really asking, I think; they must none of them have sisters. — Genevieve Valentine

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice. — Leigh Hunt

My first agent told me to change my name or I'd only play Jewish parts or Indians. Of course I refused to change it. Shortly thereafter she came up to me and told me I had to keep it, because her numerologist said it was very, very good. — Malachi Throne

Relationality [is] not only [a] descriptive or historical fact of our formation, but also an ongoing normative dimension of our social and political lives, one in which we are compelled to take stock of our interdependence. — Judith Butler

I get sort of short with people and start grumbling and clearing my throat - in honor of my father - when I'm impatient. It's very charming. — Maria Bamford

Then I learned that we're born
with more bones than we die with. — Catherine Pierce

Every last person I've seen was the same way. Whether it was booze, women or even God. Family, the king, dreams, children, power ... They couldn't keep going unless they were drunk on something. They were all slaves to something. — Hajime Isayama

The ceremonial oat tour."
She reaches in the shopping bag and takes out the milk bar with almonds, ripping it open.
"It must be so hard for guys in relationships - to have just one girlfriend completely devoted to taking care of all your whole-grain needs. I can see how at the first opportunity you'd just have to get out there and - sow. — Emma McLaughlin

Directing is such a crucial part of the writing process; you start directing and you see what does not work. "Oh, God, what was I thinking?" and then you can rearrange it. — Conor McPherson

I started with a website, Jasonmraz, pre-YouTube. You could e-mail me directly, and I would send you a CD. — Jason Mraz

When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life. I suppose it's the discipline I need; but it's rather hard to love the things I do, and see them go by because duty chains me to my galley. If I ever come into port with all sails set, that will be my reward perhaps. — Louisa May Alcott

Polygamy was common [amongst the Navajo], but women had superior property rights, owning sheep and the houses. A man who deserted his family would be destitute -- a powerful incentive to stay married. — Timothy Egan

One Saturday morning walking to the farmers' market with my lover she tells me she needs to look like a man on the street. She hates binding her breasts. Hates having breasts, hates not passing. I press her. I ask her, but what do you feel like when you're naked in bed with me? Do you like your body then? She is quiet. Later she tells me she had a dream. Her mother brought home a bottle of medicine from the hospital for her. The doctor says she has to take it. The medicine is testosterone.

On Shabbat I remember to pray for enough space inside of me to hold all the darkness of the night and all the sunlight of the day. I pray for enough space for transformations as miraculous as the shift from day to night.

Later when that lover has changed his name and an ex-boyfriend has come out to me as a lesbian I go to visit my best friend's sister-turned-brother-turned-sister-again and she tells me about the blessing of having many names and using them all at once. — M.J. Kaufman