Vineries Quotes & Sayings

Metaphor is not, and never has been, a mere literary term. It is an event. — Mary Ruefle

I half wish that I had not been born with a sense of romance and beauty in this accursed age. — William Morris

To call the population of strangers in the midst of which we live "society" is such a usurpation that even the sociologists wonder if they should abandon a concept that was, for a century, their bread and butter. Now they prefer the metaphor of a network to describe the connection of cybernetic solitudes, the intermeshing of weak interactions under names like "colleague," "contact," "buddy," acquaintance," or "date." Such networks sometimes condense into a milieu, where nothing is shared but codes, and where nothing is played out except the incessant recomposition of identity. — The Invisible Committee

her lips made him even more desperate to convince her that they had to live. — Lucian Bane

It was funny, Skip thought, how much attention children demanded the first few years of their lives and how hard adults strove ever after to get their attention. — Julie Smith

Our green valleys will be greener once we fully grasp the infinite vitality of the green! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Did I want to dance? Of course I did and that's not all. — Erica Jong

A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation. — Mahatma Gandhi

I always see something for sure one time and then I make myself see it a second time. The second time is like, 'Okay, I'm not that bad. I'm not that horrible.' But the first time I just think I'm god-awful. — Eva Mendes

Could it be that by protecting our kids from unhappiness as children, we're depriving them of happiness as adults? — Lori Gottlieb

Life is funny; it really is. — Karyn Bosnak