"There is something very romantic about the orphan figure in American literature."

-- Christopher Bollen

#Literature Quotes #Orphan Quotes #Figures Quotes

“Find your own voice & use it, / use your own voice & find it.”

Source : Jayne Cortez (2002). “Jazz fan looks back”, Hanging Loose Pr
“Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did.”
“When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.”
“I know the joy of skating on a clear cold day. I know the joy of getting off a perfect drive in golf. I know the delight of a fine meal after a long walk. These are real and wholesome, but all of them put together can not approach the thrill of ridding yourself of fear!”
“The truth - you've got to deal with it or it will kill you bit by bit.”
“A little snark, properly directed, can change the world.”
“The anger that you see expressed out there in Los Angeles, in my district this evening, is a righteous anger, and it's difficult for me to say to the people, "Don't be angry." When people are angry and enraged, they do do senseless things. They do act even sometimes out of character, and that's why it is the responsibility of America to try and avoid putting people in these kinds of situations.”

Source : "Nightline", April 30, 1992.
“The spineless ***** willows in Ottawa are actually helping to condition the Canadian public to accept the surrender of our country, which American forces were unable to accomplish in 1776 and 1812.”

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