Woodleen Quotes & Sayings

Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away in the cookbook section, just about every cookbook includes recipes for cooking animals. Is there a more illuminating illustration of our paradoxical relationship with the nonhuman world? — Jonathan Safran Foer

(Agent: This book doesn't work. Shane: You mean, in your opinion. Agent: I mean in English). — Jess Walter

MY SECRET IDENTITY IS

The room is empty,
And the window is open — Charles Simic

I didn't think I was a personal problem. You hate me, remember?" "Every inch of you," Andrew said. "That doesn't mean I wouldn't blow you." The world tilted a little bit sideways. Neil dug his shoes harder into the floor so he wouldn't fall over. "You like me." "I hate you," Andrew corrected him, but Neil barely heard him. — Nora Sakavic

Eating fries without salt feels like a sacrifice. "What am I, a pioneer? — Jim Gaffigan

[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right ... — Barack Obama

Let your will burn in this fire so that it takes you nowhere else. Let your self be burned in this fire of eternity, love and peace. Don't be afraid of this fire, it is love itself. This desire for freedom is the fire of love! — H.W.L. Poonja

Her eyes beamed over the top of the cup like Peterbilt high beams coming over a hillcrest, full moon rising over a mountain lake with its reflected partner, 747 landing lights coming down onto a runway. — Dennis Vickers