Talaya Quotes & Sayings

Inside the front flap of the book were handwritten names of the dozen or so people who had checked the book out before Naomi. Instead of writing her name, Naomi had a thin paper receipt with the due date printed on it. She could never possess this book the way those other people had. It was one of those uselessly nostalgic and sentimental thoughts that serve only our own romantic ideals, but I couldn't help believing it was true nonetheless. I took a pencil out from behind the register and handed it to her. — Dinaw Mengestu

I don't even want to be rich I just want to be alone. — John Darnielle

When I was really young, I can remember being into fashion, but I was really into horses and sports. — Kendall Jenner

Education is an act of love, and thus an act of courage — Paulo Freire

I believe in talent. I know you're not supposed to believe in that anymore because you're supposed to believe if you just work hard you can do anything. That's how you succeed, maybe. But talent is something you're born with. You cannot acquire it by working hard, and you cannot lose it by lying around either. — Fran Lebowitz

Whenever a free man is in chains we are threatened also. Whoever is fighting for liberty is defending America. — William Allen White

Lugh's decided to stick with bein mad at me. It's like traveling with a storm cloud. One of them that hangs low an heavy. The kind that builds an broods an keeps on buildin an brood in till everybody's got a sick headache. — Moira Young

I can tell you that God is alive because I talked to him this morning. — Billy Graham

I smiled at her, but she was already lost in thought, looking around the library as if it held all the answers to all our problems. — Kami Garcia