Theodora Youmans Quotes & Sayings

At her tone, at once intimate and formal, a terrible sadness came over me, and when we looked at each other it seemed that the whole past was redefined and brought into focus by this moment, clear as glass, a complexity of stillness that was rainy afternoons in spring, a dark chair in the hallway, the light-as-air touch of her hand on the back of my head. "I'm — Donna Tartt

One day, promised herself as she lay abed, one day she would allow herself to be less than strong. — George R R Martin

Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results. — Brian Tracy

Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out, and two when it is in. — John James Ingalls

Simplicity means to feel such a sense of kinship with others that we choose to live simply so that others may simply live. — Duane Elgin

Her eyes are green, angry. Her nipples are hard. Lust is absurd. It strikes in the strangest places at the oddest times. She doesn't even realize she's feeling it. She's erected a barricade of propriety and lies between us. I despise the type of woman she is. I loathe her soft pink innocence. My body doesn't concur. I wonder why her? Why not, say, a streetlamp, for all we have in common? She's chiffon and satin ribbons. I'm raw meat and razor blades. I have never been drawn to my opposite. I like what I am. — Karen Marie Moning