"I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places."

-- Philip Caputo

#Towns Quotes #Birth Quotes #Small Town Quotes

“When I was a new mom, I used to think that life was going to be balanced, and I strived for that. But life is crazy!”
“As I climbed up into the high old bed, the large fly in my personal ointment did the same. Had I actually told him he could get in bed with me? Well, I decided, as I wriggled down under the soft old sheets and the blanket and the comforter, if Eric had designs on me, I was just too tired to care. "Woman?" "Hmmm?" "What's your name?" "Sookie. Sookie Stackhouse." "Thank you, Sookie." "Welcome, Eric.”

Source : Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.789, Penguin
“Marriage is not a word; it is a sentence.”

Source : 'The Crowd' (1928 film)
“In fact, sometimes when I look at something my memory does work. I remember the panel where Alex Toth told me, "Mike, if you really don't understand all that, you don't need to put it on there."”
“In the face of horror ... there is no other answer than the cross of Christ: Love that descends to the abyss of evil.”
“The more important point, however, is not about what the money does. It's about what has to be done to get the money. The effect of the money might be (democratically) benign. But what is done to secure that money is not necessarily benign. To miss this point is to betray the Robin Hood fallacy: the fact that the loot was distributed justly doesn't excuse the means taken to secure it.”
“Sinatra asked me out.”
“Europeans hate the way Americans talk. They think we're loud and uncouth and they don't like our jokes, except for Michael Moore. Plus, they resent the fact that they've had to learn our language because if they didn't we wouldn't buy their stupid metric widgets or visit their overpriced ruins.”

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