"Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's."

-- John O'Hara

#Mom Quotes #Men Quotes #Play Quotes

“That's the beauty of the Web: You can roll around in a stranger's obsession without having to smell his or her house. You can amscray whenever you want without being rude. The site gets its "hit" and you know more about our species' diversity.”
“To become wholly compassionate requires us to open our eyes and hearts, to behold the pain and exploitation our culture obscures, to arouse deadened emotions, and to rise above our egos.”

Source : Joanne Stepaniak (2000). “Being Vegan”, McGraw Hill Professional
“I don't want any man to have control over me.”
“Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.”

Source : "Coming to the Festival of Books: Tayari Jones". Los Angeles Times Interview, latimesblogs.latimes.com. April 25, 2011.
“If you are emotionally honest, you should mean what you say but also mean what you do.”
“When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead.”
“Time is inelastic and inflexible. Time is indispensable. No achievement is possible without time.”
“Every poet hopes that after-times Shall set some value on his votive lay.”

Source : Caroline Sheridan Norton (1859). “Poems”, p.11

You may also like:

John Cheever
Novelist
John Dos Passos
Novelist
Lorenz Hart
Lyricist
Robert Penn Warren
Poet
Saul Bellow
Writer
Theodore Dreiser
Novelist
Walker Percy
Author
Willa Cather
Author
William Golding
Novelist