Thatshernaomi Quotes & Sayings

Well, I haven't really anything to eat at home, I began, but then stopped, as I realised that a dreary revelation of the state of one's larder was hardly the way to respond to an invitation to dinner. — Barbara Pym

He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination. — Jose Rizal

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. — Martin H. Fischer

I look at the names on the mailboxes and the bells inside number 1940 and pick out a couple of women's names and press the first one. I stand there waiting, feeling the image
build up and not thinking about what I'm going to say to her because I know
something will come to me like it always does. Nothing happens. I press the second doorbell and in a few minutes she buzzes the door, twice, and I walk into the hallway. The stairs are curved around an elevator and to the right and I go up them, not in a hurry or nothing, just taking them one at a time.
Its funny, isn't it, how the first woman didn't answer the bell or wasn't home or something and just that little chance, you understand what I mean? — Sebastian Junger

It's much easier to work on other people's music and play in other people's bands as a guitar player instead of being the main songwriter and singer. That's a really big job to do that. — James Iha

The central issue of poetry as of politics is the destiny of the human personality. — Martin Carter

He didn't want to have to be the Gay Best Friend providing life lessons for liberal straight people. He just wanted to get laid. — FayJay

Film spectators are quiet vampires. — Jim Morrison

They walked through the hallways of the stadium, Dowling taking him on a tour of every locker room in the building. — John Feinstein

Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just as clear about the humor, the intelligence, the tenderness, the brilliance of the folks in DeLisle, Mississippi. A community that's usually wiped off the literary map can't be erased when it's in a book this good. — Victor LaValle

One can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may gain a sense of inner peace through greater self-acceptance, through a more realistic perspective on one's relationships and experiences. — Eda LeShan

I'm not saying Martha Stewart is old, but she needs a new Walker more than the 'Fast and Furious' franchise. — Natasha Leggero

Throughout history, people in all cultures and lands have gathered together at mealtimes. In forests and mountains, in humble abodes and great mansions, beneath star filled skies and beside hearths, people have given thanks, and offered their blessings. — John Robbins

What's the hurry? From my experience, dead bodies don't get any deader. — David Harry

peccadillo. So far as my observation goes, men — William Patten