Ukawa Blog Quotes & Sayings

her life was already so fraught with unpleasantnesses that she'd adopted the strategy of delaying encounters with them as long as possible, even when the delay made it likely that they would be even more unpleasant when she did encounter them. — Jonathan Franzen

We thought her dying whilst she slept,
And sleeping when she died. — Thomas Hood

For the disproportionate fear that the statistically and historically minimal group of women who were both angry and had hairy legs have inculcated both in their detractors and in their wannabe-successors, we should salute them as often as possible — Nina Power

Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!"
"Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections. — Susanna Clarke

Americans are incredibly inpatient. Someone once said that the shortest period of time in America is the time between when the light turns green and when you hear the first horn honk. — Jim Rohn

But flying across the centuries would have been a hefty job even for a very ironic goose. Crossing the Swedish provinces is far easier — Jostein Gaarder

But the manager's bought wisely - the players who've come in have taken us on to a different level and the players who won promotion have also performed at the top level, so long may it continue. — Teddy Sheringham

We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly. — Bob McDonnell

People look at you differently if you wear a bow tie, as opposed to a necktie. — Dhani Jones

To love is for the Soul to choose a companion, and travel with it along the perilous defiles and winding ways of life; mutually sustaining, when it is rugged with obstructions, and mutually rejoicing, when rich broad plains and sunny slopes make journeying delight. — George Henry Lewes

We were familiar with the line that separates grief from madness, and we know that sometimes the only way to stay on the right side of it is to scream. — Carsten Jensen

I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs. — Barry Mann

The mind that is not baffled, is unemployed — Wendell Berry

That's what makes death so hard
unsatisfied curiosity — Beryl Markham