"We are but skin about a wind, with muscles clenched against mortality."

-- Djuna Barnes

#Wind Quotes #Skins Quotes #Mortality Quotes

“Before I was reading science fiction, I read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms was my first adult novel that said not everything ends well. It was one of those times where reading has meant a great deal to me, in terms of my development - an insight came from that book.”
“In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.”
“Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a married woman's letter needed to include the usual complaints -- that we were pathetic, powerless, worked to the bone, homesick, and sad. We were supposed to speak directly about our feelings without appearing ungrateful, no-account, or unfilial.”
“A similar statement appears in the US Strategic Bombing Survey Summary Report (European War) (30 September 1945): The great lesson to be learned in the battered towns of England and the ruined cities of Germany is that the best way to win a war is to prevent it from occurring.”
“Rico Gear. What a great-sounding name. He sounds like a drug dealer from Brazil.”
“Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated.”
“I hate imitation jewelry, dark lipstick and most of all a shrill voice. This has spoiled many a picture of feminine loveliness.”
“I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.”

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