Vesuvio Bakery Quotes & Sayings

Be careful. He uses that line on all the girls. — Ali Harper

The political, economic, social, and cultural realities in the early twenty-first century, as compared to the late 1960s may differ in detail, but the over-all progressive-socialist-marxist goal of transforming American culture and destroying the existing form of constitutional democratic government from within remains unchanged. — Robert Chandler

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined. — Jose Saramago

Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children. — Carol Bellamy

I like to pray for things that seem possible. There are so many things that I pray for that seem almost too big even for God. It's rewarding to pray for something that might actually happen. It kind of keeps me going. — Rainbow Rowell

Pepto-Bismol straight from the bottle. — Donna Tartt

Years later, Tony would discover that writers never felt they belonged anywhere. That was one of the reasons they became writers. It was strange, however, failing to belong even at a party full of outsiders. — Nick Hornby

It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best. — Steve Backley

The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life. — Helen Macdonald

The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life. — Blaise Pascal

Have you ever had a dream in whig, having spied a deadly snake at your feet, you suddenly begin to see snakes everywhere - suddenly realize, in fact, that you're surrounded by them?"
Reynie was surprised. "I have had that dream. It's a nightmare."
"Indeed. And it strikes me as being rather like when a person first realizes the extent of wickedness in the world. That vision can become all-consuming - and in a way, it, too, is a nightmare, by which I mean that it is not quite a proper assessment of the state of things. For someone as observant as you, Reynie, deadly serpents always catch the eye. But if you find that serpents are all you see, you may not be looking hard enough. — Trenton Lee Stewart