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Thing Quotes (page 441)

Unfortunately, little darlings, there is no such thing as a simple love story. The most transitory puppy crush is complex to the extent of lying beyond the far reaches of the brain's understanding. Tom Robbins
A. A. Milne quote: "So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing..."
So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book. A. A. Milne
Salman Rushdie quote: "A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it..."
A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight. Salman Rushdie
The same thing happened over and over: I would catch sight of some flawless man in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn’t do at all. Sylvia Plath
He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune. Charles Dickens
Me, I'm living under a sword too, as Jack may have told you. An old wino's disease, which could lay me in the grave most anytime. Not that I mind too much; I've done everything I ever wanted to do. But ... as you know, one would like to continue doing the good things over and over again, so long as there's pleasure in it. Edward Abbey
The Savage interrupted him. "But isn't it natural to feel there's a God?" "You might as well ask if it's natural to do up one's trousers with zippers," said the Controller sarcastically. "You remind me of another of those old fellows called Bradley. He defined philosophy as the finding of bad reason for what one believes by instinct. As if one believed anything by instinct! One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. Finding bad reasons for what one believes for... Aldous Huxley
Jeanette Winterson quote: "The important things. Where should I find them? In the detail,..."
The important things. Where should I find them? In the detail, like God? In the risk, like the Devil? Jeanette Winterson
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or..."
There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose Viktor E. Frankl
It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope and pride. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am... Patrick Henry
they wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is." - utopia Thomas Moore
Thomas Pynchon quote: "You see how many whips and things there are here. Our horses..."
You see how many whips and things there are here. Our horses are very, very naughty. Thomas Pynchon
In these night recitations we create a space between things as we felt them at the time and as we speak them now. This is the space reserved for irony, sympathy and fond amusement, the means by which we rescue ourselves from the past. Don DeLillo
I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning. I know that is not true. I know they are important, and that if I destroy them, I'll be destroying myself, as well. Paulo Coelho
L. M. Montgomery quote: "It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand..."
It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other. L. M. Montgomery

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