Tapiwa Raked Quotes & Sayings

It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry. — Erica Jong

It's not how you start out, it's where you end up. — Dee Dee M. Scott

I believe that marriage isn't between a man and woman; but between love and love. — Frank Ocean

St John of the Cross once wrote: "In the evening of our life, we shall be judged by our loving. — James Runcie

Other people have suggested that I write about teens because I'm perpetually stuck in that stage of my own development. That could very well be true. I would throw out that teens and tweens are just absolutely fabulous and the most interesting people on the planet. And it is a time of high drama, and everything matters. — Lauren Myracle

You can never have the same thing twice, and it's hopeless to try. It never works like that, and all you end up doing is breaking your heart against a solid rock. That's why when you lose things you have to let them go instead of trying to get them back again. You can't do it, and you only hurt yourself worse if you try. Never cry for the moon. — William Woodall

Though they won't say, it has been estimated that Cargill and ADM together probably buy somewhere near a third of all the corn grown in America. — Michael Pollan

O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner in your true character; you make fair promises, but you never fulfil one; your tongue is smoother than oil, but the poison of asps is under your lip! — Hosea Ballou

It isn't a matter of getting the body you want, it's a matter of doing the most you can with the body you have. — John Bingham

Experience comes from what we have done. Wisdom comes from what we have done badly. — Theodore Levitt

Forget living a long life cause I don't see that happening with me living a life of misery, neglect, and pain. So I just want to die happy. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett