Walrond Ave Quotes & Sayings

Can you believe the weather?' ... 'Actually, I CAN believe the weather. What I can't believe is that I'm actually having a conversation about the weather. — Maria Semple

It is time that beats in the breast and it is time
That batters against the mind, silent and proud,
The mind that knows it is destroyed by time. — Wallace Stevens

You always blush when you lie."
"I do not." I felt the flush spread down my neck.
"If you keep lying, I think I will have to leave," he threatened halfheartedly. "I don't feel like my virtue is safe."
"You're virtue?" I huffed. "Whatever."
"I know how you get." His eyes closed. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

There's no question about it. The arts are an extremely high-risk situation. People are willing to take these extraordinary chances to become writers, musicians or painters, and because of them we have a culture. If this ever stops, our culture will die, because most of our culture, in fact, has been created by people that got paid nothing for it-- People like Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent van Gogh or Mozart. So, yes, it's a very foolish thing to do, notoriously foolish, but it seems human to attempt it anyway. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

As far as I'm concerned, the teachings of Jesus are far too radical to be embodied in a political platform or represented by a single candidate. It's not up to some politician to represent my Christian values to the world; it's up to me. That's why I'm always a little perplexed when someone finds out that I'm not a Republican and asks, How can you call yourself a Christian? — Rachel Held Evans

Intelligence does not mean infallibility, nor does it mean immobility. Intelligence means the ability to learn. — Kelly Barnhill