Yiddishe Cup Quotes & Sayings

Me!" returned Elinor in some confusion; "indeed, Marianne, I have nothing to tell."
"Nor I," answered Marianne with energy, "our situations then are alike. We have neither of us anything to tell; you, because you do not communicate, and I, because I conceal nothing." (27.17) — Jane Austen

You are a
hurricane of
a girl;

remember
to breathe
every once

and a while,
do not drown
within your
own storm. — Emma Bleker

Capitalism is not a synonym for free markets. — Richard A. Posner

Don't make me sit here and watch you die. You don't do that to me. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The universe maintained a balance, moving first one way and then the other in a forever equalizing of opposites. — Diana Lanham

We've got work to do. Strip."
"Strip for what?"
"I'm going to measure you for your dress. Strip!"
Rachel saved me ... sort of. "You can do her measurements with her clothes on, Mamma," she chastised.
"Oh, I know I can." She pointed at me. "But look at her face! Ha! I just wanted to see her face pucker up like that. — Shelly Crane

Reunions are always fraught with awkward tensions - the necessity to account for oneself; the attempt to find, through memories, an ember of the old emotions ... — Anita Shreve

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet. — Julius Erving

Formed on the good old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man! He blew no trumpet in the market-place, Nor in the church with hypocritic face Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace; Loathing pretence, he did with cheerful will What others talked of while their hands were still. — John Greenleaf Whittier

The heart is a strange beast and not ruled by logic. — Maria V. Snyder