Tangiers Quotes & Sayings

Even so, Miss Whitmore . . . We should have a signal." "A signal?" "A word to shout if you're in distress. Like 'Tangiers,' or . . . or perhaps 'muscadine.' " Clio gave her an amused look. "Is something wrong with the word 'help'?" "I . . . well, I suppose not." "Very — Tessa Dare

Depression is hard to describe not just because it is complex and abstract but also because it occupies the part of us capable of describing things. — Sarah Manguso

To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics:
I can write.
I have the opportunity to do so.
I love what I write.
Now smile and be thankful. — Richelle E. Goodrich

When activists say we need to move past the partisan divide, what they mean is: Shut up and get with my program. Have you ever heard anyone say, "We need to get past all of this partisan squabbling and name-calling. That's why I'm going to abandon all my objections and agree with you"? — Jonah Goldberg

You realize how much fun we did have, with no money at all. We'd stay in peoples' homes in Tangiers. When you're young, you invite yourself. — Manolo Blahnik

If you do not see what is around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers? — Freeman Patterson

Too many of us seem to be searching for something 'out there' to make our lives complete. What we are all really searching for is the divine essence that lives within. — Susan Jeffers

Jace was very pale, with hectic spots like fever on his cheekbones. But it was Valentine. I saw him. In fact, he had the Sword with him when he came down to the cells and taunted me through the bars. It was like a bad movie, except he didn't actually twirl his mustache. — Cassandra Clare

One of the things that's been really fun about my run on 'Swamp Thing' is putting him in all kinds of different locations around the world, and seeing how his exterior foliage changes based on his location. — Charles Soule

I wanta go to Tangiers, I want girls, I
wanta write the biggest book in the world,
I want spring to come, I want, I want
Wanting, I get; getting, I lose; losing, I
suffer; suffering, I die
NOT WANTING, I DON'T GET
NOT GETTING, I DON'T LOSE
NOT LOSING, I DON'T SUFFER
NOT SUFFERING, I DON'T DIE SUFFERING. — Jack Kerouac

The basic human craving is for meaning. — Colin Argyle Thomson

A photographer who wants to see ... must recognize the value of the familiar. Your ability to see is not increased by the distance you put between yourself and your home. If you do not see what is all around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers? ... Good seeing doesn't ensure good photographs, but good photographic expression is impossible without it. — Freeman Patterson