Towanna Burrous Quotes & Sayings

From the first winter afternoon in the Harvard ball fields, "Oh no
I need you" had become an admission and a clarion call
the tenet of dependency that forms the weft of friendship. We needed each other so that we could count the endless days of forests and flat water, but the real need was soldered by the sadder, harder moments
discord or helplessness or fear
that we dared to expose to each other. It took me years to grasp that this grit and discomfort in any relationship are an indicator of closeness, not it's opposite. — Gail Caldwell

Man is not made for defeat. — Ernest Hemingway,

Okay," I said. "Okay," he said. — John Green

When you're angry you act according to your emotions, not with your mind. — Lakshmi Menon

Quin put his hand on my knee, sending a flutter through me as if he had softly blown on the dandelion pieces of my heart. — Ellery A. Kane

The minds of human beings are not always entirely at one with the world in which they live, some people have trouble adjusting to reality, basically they're just weak, confused spirits who use words, sometimes very skillfully, to justify their cowardice. — Jose Saramago

The days slide by as if they were liquid. — Jose Eduardo Agualusa

It saddens me how little you grasp," the woman responded. "Truly. — James Dashner

Every desire has a relation to madness. — Luce Irigaray

Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere. — Jay Kay