Twyla Levy Quotes & Sayings

It's a funny old world. A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. — W.C. Fields

He listened to the shhk of metal sliding home, then turned to find Lila waiting, her back purposely to the tavern, as if her present were already her past. — V.E Schwab

There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being. — George MacDonald

Write about a terrible experience until you find value in having gone through it. Then you will appreciate every dark hour. — Jan Marquart

An Obama administration desperate to strike a deal is likely to strike a bad one. — John Barrasso

Life is quite boring when your powers are picking out your clothes and your breakfast cereal. — Kami Garcia

Do you think Western Civilization has come to an end?
"We are clearly going through a cultural crisis at the moment. It's a phase where we are trying to distinguish values of life. People are looking for a solution and perhaps they will find it. But the radicality of the search will change their view of life."
So there is a cultural crises?
"There is a general crisis, but it's not the end of the world.
But the crisis it total?
"And so what? The crisis means that now the world is at the bottom of a sinus curve. In the nature of things, it will now rise and fall again later. — Krzysztof Kieslowski

My heart is with the standards. That's what I was raised on. I'm perfectly comfortable with pop. I feel lucky because I'm pretty versatile. — Toni Tennille

If you die, I'll kill you." He smiles sadly. "Likewise. — Victoria Aveyard

And then there is emotional death born out of necessity and measured solely by the absence of grief it causes: the turning off the lights of oneself in order to shut down the feelings of being alive. Eventually I just checked out of the world altogether, leaving behind only my body, like a snail abandoning its shell. Sometimes I would catch myself in the mirror, surprised to see someone staring back at me, a stranger whose face I struggled to connect as my own, whose body was visible and intact despite the feeling that I moved through the world as a ghost. — Kerry Kletter

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire

I mean ... " Dennis was saying, looking pointedly at Mave, but Mave was watching the waitress approach. Oh, life, oh, sweet, forgiven for the ice ... He grabbed Mave's wrist. There was always an emergency. And then there was love. And then there was another emergency. That was the sandwiching of it. Emergency. Love. Emergency. "I mean, it's not as if you've been dozing off," Dennis was saying, his voice reaching her now, high and watery. "I mean, correct me if I'm wrong," he said, "but I don't think I've been having this conversation alone." He tightened his grip. "I mean, have I? — Lorrie Moore

Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us. — Josh Billings