“ Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all. George M. Cohan
“ I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when… Jodi Picoult
“ One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. E. V. Lucas
“ The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. William Blake
“ [That wall] might be breached sometime in the future, but for now the only real conversation between them was the roots that had already grown low and deep, under the wall, where they could not be bro… Orson Scott Card
“ You’re not done growing. I see you sometimes thinking about shit, and I think you want more than to settle with life. You want to do more, but you’re stuck. That’s not age. That’s a choice. Your life… Bijou Hunter
“ Without warning a lady appeared. She came from the direction of Friday-street, for she had just been with Mr. Newbolt. She strode capably through the snow. She wore a black silk gown and something ver… Susanna Clarke
“ When I have you, sweet boy, it will be because you want me to. Not against your better judgment, not in spite of my surname, and definitely not to annoy your aunt.Stephen went red, but his voice was d… K.J. Charles
“ Uh... , Ivy stammered, and I glanced up to see her eyes wide in consideration.I'm kidding, I said. It passed the lethal-amulet test, remember?Not that. You keep it in your underwear drawer?I hesitated… Kim Harrison
“ Though they won't say, it has been estimated that Cargill and ADM together probably buy somewhere near a third of all the corn grown in America. Michael Pollan
“ The advantage of a permanent emergency for the executive is that even trivial things can routinely be accomplished by the crisis presidency. If everything is an emergency, all power is emergency power… Garry Wills
“ The German chocolate cake was easy. So was the vanilla buttercream. But the strawberry shortcake gave me fits. Turns out, the final fix came when I baked a fresh strawberry in the middle of a vanilla… Linda Francis Lee
“ Since there was nothing at all I was certain of, since I needed to be provided at every instant with a new confirmation of my existence, since nothing was in my very own, undoubted, sole possession, d… Franz Kafka
“ Silence is another element we find in classic fairy tales — girls muted by magic or sworn to silence in order to break enchantment. In The Wild Swans, a princess is imprisoned by her stepmother, rolle… Terri Windling
“ Once a person has become detached from his possessions, his customary duties, his moments of solitude, where is he? What is he? Patricia Highsmith
“ NASSER: In this damn country that we hate and love, you can get anything you want. It's all spread out and availble. That's why I believe in England. You just have to know how to squeeze the tits of t… Hanif Kureishi
“ My upstairs brain and my downstairs brain engaged in a game of risk and it was downstairs’ turn to roll the dice. Penny Reid
