Zelba Owens Quotes & Sayings

Big stuff and little: learning how to order breakfast in a country where I don't speak the language and haven't been before - that's really satisfying to me. I like that. — Anthony Bourdain

But Mimi- her tenderness didn't have an easy visibility. You wondered what it would be, and after what terrible manifestations it would appear. — Saul Bellow

Call saw that everyone was looking at him, the hands and cowboys and townspeople alike. The anger had drained out of him, leaving him feeling tired. He didn't remember the fight, particularly, but people were looking at him as if they were stunned. He felt he should make some explanation, though it seemed to him a simple situation.
"I hate a man that talks rude," he said. "I won't tolerate it. — Larry McMurtry

That it is a solecism to begin a sentence with 'and' is a faintly lingering superstition. The OED gives examples ranging from the 10th to the 19th c.; the Bible is full of them. — Ernest Gowers

Tell me yes," he ordered huskily. "Tell me yes and I'll do whatever you want. Anything you want. Just let me do this. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The end of Christian education has been seen to be the dissemination and communication of Christian ideas rather than the formation of a peculiar people. — James K.A. Smith

If all would play first violin, we could not obtain an orchestra. Therefore esteem every musician in his place. — Robert Schumann

We unify. We include."
"But humans like being individuals."
"We know," Rue said. He pushes off the ground with his foot, starting the swing into a slow sway. "We didn't understand-individuals like being lonely."
"It's not lonely." Hopefully he can't tell I'm lying. — Josin L. McQuein

Orwell has always been a huge influence on me. — Robert Harris

Viewpoints and skin color don't matter to the Savior. He brought salvation to all manking. — Andrea Boeshaar