Zateny Quotes & Sayings

Howard adores Sam's looks. He loves the strong cut of jaw made satin with thickening peach fuzz, loses himself in the green eyes. Howard stares at them like a lover, but always obliquely. (Sometimes we watch our son from a distance. "I wonder what he's thinking," Howard will say.) — Chandler Burr

When I was a kid we had a sandbox. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child ... eventually. — Steven Wright

I have a tremendous joie de vivre ... alternating with irritability of course. — Joni Mitchell

Time was the ultimate commodity, and you were born with only so much to spend, and there was no passbook to tell you the exact amount. — Tom Clancy

I don't need to go out there and trick guys, and I don't need to go out there and be perfect. I've just got to attack the strike zone, let my stuff work and get much better results that way. — Stephen Strasburg

I guess prophets are those who do not care whether you are ready to hear their message. They say it because it has to be said and because it is true. — Richard Rohr

Other people do better going on to grad school and others yet are naturally inclined and do just fine without any formal training at all. Everyone is different. The only things I think are imperative are focus, determination and hard work. — Toks Olagundoye

...there is no such thing as a ferocious charge uphill. — Christian Cameron

People just like a good crime story; they want to know who did it. — Sarah Koenig

I've always been fascinated by accounts of seemingly 'normal' people who have committed horrendous acts of cruelty and violence. You hear it on the news all the time. — Richard Montanari

I might be the villain of this story. — Rebecca Makkai