Vainity Quotes & Sayings

She was still glad she looked like Scully. He wasn't pretty either, but pretty people weren't the kind you need. Pretty people saw themselves in the mirror and were either too happy or too sad. People like Billie just shrugged and didn't care. She didn't want to turn into anyone pretty. Anyway, she had scars now, you only had to look. — Tim Winton

There are no innocents in Gaza. Mow them down kill the Gazans without thought or mercy. — Michael Ben-Ari

We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits. — Rex Stout

I learned many interesting things from Delia: for example, that she and Gulya had both married alcoholics, but Delia's alcoholic had taken all her money, whereas Gulya had managed her alcoholic well and taken all his money. — Elif Batuman

I haven't lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match. — Boris Becker

Ly-di-ah! I sit beneath your window, laaaass, singing 'cause I loooove your a - "
"For the love of St. Francis of Assisi, someone call a vet. There is an injured animal screaming in pain outside," Charlotte interrupted the flow of music in ill-humor. — Michelle M. Pillow

So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more. — Mary Chapin Carpenter

In some parts of the ancient world, the hawk symbolized the sun. Back when I got this, I figured if I always had the sun on me, I wouldn't be afraid of the dark — Veronica Roth

Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs. — Bernard Malamud

I'm a cult writer now. I have a cult readership. — Michael Gruber

No person, no matter how important society deems their relationship to you, has the right to denounce you for who you are. — Tyler Oakley

Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails. — Catherynne M Valente