Teenage Wasteland Anne Tyler Quotes & Sayings

If you're not at peace, nothing else matters — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Rwanda had presented the world with the most unambiguous case of genocide since Hitler's war against the Jews, and the world sent blankets, beans, and bandages to camps controlled by the killers, apparently hoping that everybody would behave nicely in the future. — Philip Gourevitch

Without argument the species would parish. — Gerry Spence

I'd love to have three or four kids. But my mom always says: "Speak to me after you have your first". — Ivanka Trump

Every time we mention God we become theologians, and the only question is whether we are going to be good ones or bad ones. — J.I. Packer

I was a psycho woman. It felt like something in me that I had no control over. — Katie Price

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. — Francis Bacon

I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there. — Koren Zailckas

The late-night backyard encounter and kiss induced insomnia. — Sarah Ockler

Most of us are ready to greet our worst enemies like long-lost brothers if we think they can show us a good time, if we think they can do us any good or if we even reach the conclusion that being polite will get us just as far and help us live longer. — Budd Schulberg

To know non-knowing is optimal
to imagine one knows
is affliction of mind — Lao-Tzu

I heard Nik bellow, "Aimee. Get your ass back in here, now!" As the doors slid closed, I flipped him off. Just who did that man think he was? I would figure this out myself. I was sick and tired of these powerful, commanding men telling me what to do with my life. They could all go to hell. ***** — Lora Ann

Come on!" he said, grunting as he shifted the Chinaman's slippery form for a better grip. "They'll be after us any moment! — Diana Gabaldon

There's Insanity on Both Sides of the Debate When You Argue with an Idiot. — Ernie J Zelinski