Upalupas Quotes & Sayings

It almost contradicts itself," she says after a moment. "It's as if there is love and loss at the same time, together in a kind of beautiful pain. — Eric Morgenstern

You write poetry?" Klaus asked.
He had read a lot about poets but had never met one.
"Just a little bit," Isadora said modestly. "I write poems down in this notebook. It's an interest of mine."
"Sappho!" Sunny shrieked, which meant something like, "I'd be very pleased to hear a poem of yours! — Lemony Snicket

Chris reached for the button to raise the window, as if a thin layer of glass could ever protect him from Beckett. — Debra Anastasia

What are people going to do? Fire me? I've been fired before. Not book me? I've been out of work before. I don't care. — Joan Rivers

With so many mind-bytes to be downloaded, so many mental codons to be replicated, it is no wonder that child brains are gullible, open to almost any suggestion, vulnerable to subversion, easy prey to Moonies, Scientologists and nuns. Like immune-deficient patients, children are wide open to mental infections that adults might brush off without effort. — Richard Dawkins

By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities. — Orison Swett Marden

Lady Maccon."
"By George, Boots! How the deuce can you possibly tell that there is Lady Maccon?" queried the other top-hated gentleman.
"Who else would be standing in the middle of a street on full-moon night with a raging ruddy fire behind her, waving a parasol about?"
"Good point, good point. — Gail Carriger

It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God. — Roy Moore

Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future. — Mark Helprin

It was a hobby I got into a long time ago, hacking cameras. I was able to make my own using different lenses. — Evan Glodell

And when I look into his eyes there's a feeling of something I can only describe as familiarity, a sense of safety. Like coming home. — Rebecca James