Timilee Vaughn Quotes & Sayings

She let out a laugh, and then she put her hand over her mouth, like she was angry at herself for forgetting her sadness. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Lay down, please. Samuel's voice stroked my ears like a man seducing his lover after they'd suffered a long absence. — Kenya Wright

You dramatically increase your value to others if you always maintain a calm and pleasant manner. — Daniel Lapin

From the distance of England the Italian cuisine seems to be all things to all people. It does not expect you to bend to its rigor, like the French. It is not rough and boisterous like the Spanish. It is soft and feminine and is adored in the highest circles, though it is not above a degree of prostitution too. But first and foremost it is kind to children. Consider the pizza: all around the world the pizza has come to represent the deepest form of security known to the human palate. It is like a smiling face: it assuages the fear of complexity by showing everything on its surface. — Rachel Cusk

It wasn't that Lorrie Ann was becoming a Goody Two-shoes. It wasn't that she wanted to be perfect or loved or approved of. No. She wanted something much more dangerous. She wanted meaning. And she thought it could be gotten by following the rules. — Rufi Thorpe

One of the major obstacles impeding any positive future change in our lives is that we are too busy with our current work or activity. Levi quit his tax-work, Peter stopped fishing at lake, Paul ceased being a priest. They all left their jobs because they thought it was necessary. — John Ruskin

Read. You can always talk with another reader. — Rorke Denver

The hardest thing about writing is writing. — Nora Ephron

The cities make ferocious men because they may corrupt man. The mountain, the sea, the forest, make savage men; they development fierce side, but often without destroying the humane side. — Victor Hugo

God loves us extravagantly, ridiculously, without limit or condition. — Roberta Bondi

Memory is your image of perfection. — Barbara Kruger

I don't mind that if I ever star in movies, they'll likely be mine. That's okay, because my great role models - Woody Allen, even Tyler Perry, who is actually one of my role models, even if that seems kind of strange - they do that themselves. And it's great. They build empires, and they're known as having their own voice. I think it's 20 times more fun to act on a set where I feel the freedom to change the dialogue. — Mindy Kaling

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. — Emily Dickinson