And now, I am dying beyond my means. Sipping champagne on his deathbed

Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.

Andrew Bird

A wine shop was open and I went in for some coffee. It smelled of early morning, of swept dust, spoons in coffee-glasses and the wet circles left by wine glasses.

Ernest Hemingway

The United States is at a critical juncture in time. Our government is riddled with historic debt, and the limited resources of philanthropic and non-profit efforts cannot meet the scale of social challenges we face with necessary force.

Simon Mainwaring

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

Frank Herbert

Writing is thinking on paper.

William Zinsser

There's no night without stars.

Andre Norton

There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.

Roberto Cavalli

Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream? mumbled the Senior Wrangler. It is contrary to all sense.

Terry Pratchett

A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless.

W. H. Auden

She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.

Cassandra Clare

Once my mom passed away, I have nobody to answer to. It's great.

Jessica Hahn

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

Madame Swetchine