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... learning the knack of disconnecting her sense of smell, until she could switch it off like a radio and in the bland silence of its absence could drown in the sound of Nazarbaddoor’s hypnotic voice without having her reverie interrupted by the scent of sheep shit or Nazarbaddoor’s own frequent and extraordinary buffalo farts. Salman Rushdie
Tom Robbins quote: "I asked Mr. Wrangle what you were like. He said you were..."
I asked Mr. Wrangle what you were like. He said you were hornet juice and rosebuds in a container of gazelle meat. Tom Robbins
I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for a woman, not the love of a father for a child, not the love of God for his creatures. But a love with no name and no explanation like a river that cannot explain why it follows a particular course, but simply flows onwards. A love that asks for nothing and gives nothing in return; it is simply there. I will never be yours and you will never be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you Paulo Coelho
The mere seeing of Miss Sara would have been enough without meat pies. If there was time only for a few words, they were always friendly, merry words that put heart into one...Sara--who was only doing what she unconsciously liked better than anything else, Nature having made her for a giver--had not the least idea what she meant to poor Becky, and how wonderful a benefactor she seemed. Frances Hodgson Burnett
Roger Zelazny quote: "Thus did I bear Sir Lancelot de Lac to the Keep of Ganleon,..."
Thus did I bear Sir Lancelot de Lac to the Keep of Ganleon, whom I trusted like a brother. That is to say, not at all. Roger Zelazny
When I meet a woman who attracts me, I prefer women,' she said. 'And when I meet a man who attracts me, I prefer men.''You mean you haven't made up your mind yet.''I mean exactly what I said. I told you you wouldn't like it. Most people who ask want me definitely on one side or the other. Octavia Butler
Stephen Colbert quote: "New study reveals men like to cuddle. Another study reveals..."
New study reveals men like to cuddle. Another study reveals men will say anything to get into bed with a woman. Stephen Colbert
To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero; panache is therefore a timid heroism, like the smile with which one excuses one's superiority. Edmond Rostand
Milan Kundera quote: "Our lives may be separate, but they run in the same direction,..."
Our lives may be separate, but they run in the same direction, like parallel lines. Milan Kundera
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "one emotion after another crept into her face like objects..."
...one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture. F. Scott Fitzgerald
So let's say my bad luck did crash the plane. What exactly are were you going to do about it?' 'Why is the plane crashing?' He was trying to hide a smile now. 'The piolets are passed out and drunk.' 'Easy. I'd fly the plane.' Of course. I pursed my lips and tried again. 'Both engines have exploded and we're falling in a death spiral towards the earth.' 'I'd wait till we were close enough to the ground, get a good grip on you, kick out the wall, and jump. Then, I'd run you back to the scene of... Stephenie Meyer
[on John Cowper Powys]...there is an indistinct photograph of the great man himself, gazing into the misty cleft of a mountain range, wearing what could be an old rug, or an old cardigan. He looks like a cross between an aged werewolf and a puzzled child. Margaret Drabble
It ws one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four of five times in life. It faced - or seemed to face - the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on YOU with an irresistable prejudice in your favor. It understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Suzanne Collins quote: "And random bits of happiness, like Finnick and Annie's newborn..."
And random bits of happiness, like Finnick and Annie's newborn boy. Suzanne Collins
Sue Monk Kidd quote: "I felt like I'd unzipped my skin and momentarily stepped out..."
I felt like I'd unzipped my skin and momentarily stepped out of it, leaving a crazy person in charge Sue Monk Kidd

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