Toraflora Quotes & Sayings

Happy people look young. You're really afraid of getting older, aren't you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy. — Deborah Smith

You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people. — Elizabeth McCracken

I do not want my new works to be generated in a market or audience of any kind. — Vincent Gallo

I can't choose whether someone is offended by my actions. I can choose whether I care. — Martin Fowler

When exactly did this downward cultural spiral begin, this loss of tact and refinement and understanding that some things should not be said or directly represented? When did we no longer appreciate that to dignify certain modes of behavior, manners, and ways of being with artistic representation was implicitly to glorify and promote them? There is, as Adam Smith said, a deal of ruin in a nation: and this truth applies as much to a nation's culture as to its economy. The work of cultural destruction, while often swifter, easier, and more self-conscious than that of construction, is not the work of a moment. Rome wasn't destroyed in a day. — Theodore Dalrymple

they won't be false and they won't be true,
but hey'll be real. — Mary Oliver

Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'/Let us go and make our visit. — T. S. Eliot

We have lost a true public servant with the passing of Alan Nunnelee, who dedicated so much of his life to improving Mississippi, my thoughts and prayers are with Tori and the entire Nunnelee family at this sad time. — Thad Cochran