Van Gennep Quotes & Sayings

Al Jolson was my first husband. He always used to boast that he was spoiling me for any man who might come after him. I think Al sensed that it wasn't easy for me being married to an American institution ... Was he right about spoiling me? I'm sorry. I couldn't possibly say. I couldn't be that indiscreet. — Ruby Keeler

And I declare myself free
from ignorant love. You easy lovers
and forgivers of mankind, stand back!
I will love you at a distance,
and not because you deserve it.
My love must be descriminate
or fail to bear its weight. — Wendell Berry

For a long time, there was grief. It pulled me down into suffocating darkness, and kept me anchored there. I went through the motions. I turned up at school. I ate food and watched TV and took algebra tests. But I didn't feel anything. It was easier that way. — Lili Wilkinson

The general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place. — Samuel Johnson

It's a lot easier to see what's irrational in another culture than it is to see it in our own. — Cheryl Chase

And as we touch, I can never tell if you are touching me or I am touching you. — Pleasefindthis

Well, I have to say, most of my clothes are designed and made by my mother. — Mika.

You and I are faced with one of those situations (which fortunately are not very numerous in one lifetime) which cannot possibly be adequately judged beforehand. It strikes me as a colossal gamble, or rather, a very great adventure. And personally I am considerably exhilarated by the risks! ... The greatness of the adventure perhaps consists partly in the fact that as a Catholic I can marry only once! But, as with being born, perhaps once is quite sufficient! In the Church, you know, there is a great heightening of every moment of experience, since every moment is played against a supernatural backdrop. Nothing can be humdrum in this scheme. — Marshall McLuhan

Failure leads to improve and success leads to change — A2KDON

Trent's expression became empty, and I pulled away, hating myself.
"Please don't close up," I begged, but his hands had fallen away, and I took them in my own. "Talk to me. — Kim Harrison

Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it. — Candace Bushnell