Typifying Examples Quotes & Sayings

Did you ever hear of the turd theory?" she asked. He shook his head.
"It goes like this. You think if a certain obnoxious person wasn't in your life, then everything would be just peachy. Then that person is miraculously out of your life, and behold, another turd floats to the top," Jill said. — Carolyn Brown

Teenagers are free verse walking around on two legs. — Dorothy Allison

My books are written with a strong chronological spine. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

In business, when you fail at something, when something doesn't work, you say okay, we've learned that that's not a path to go down. — Michael Bloomberg

Do you ever get a panicky feeling that nobody cares if you live or die? (A husband will often care decisively, one way or another.) — Sandra Gould

One of the things I found is that the things we want to say for well-intentioned motives often cause more harm than good. People don't need our words. They mainly need our presence, they need our love. And if you come in too quickly with explanations, you may do more harm than good. — Philip Yancey