Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
I can promise you books and conversation and all my heart.
I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know. " "'Lass'? Where did that come from?" "I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.
Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good. ' 'I WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD. ' Liz turns to Thandi. 'I thought you said you didn't remember how you got the hole in your head. ' Thandi apologizes. 'I just remembered. ' 'Shot in the head!' Florence-scratchy-voice says. 'Oy, that's rough. ' 'Aw, it's nothing special. Happens pretty regularly where I'm from,' Thandi says. 'WHAT?' asks Myrna with the moustache. 'Say it toward my left ear, that's the good one. ' 'I SAID, "IT'S NOTHING SPECIAL,"' Thandi yells
In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.
In you, I found infinity. In you, I was reborn
People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.
Creativity doesn't flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear.
The tough-minded. . . respect difference. Their goal is a world made safe for differences, where the United States may be American to the hilt without threatening the peace of the world, and France may be France, and Japan may be Japan on the same conditions.
Today, writers want to impress other writers.
I don’t like being threatened, lied to, or manipulated. You’d do well to remember that. (Simone) Or what? You’re going to snivel at me? (Xypher)