"I took the volume to a table, opened its soft, ivory pages... and fell into it as into a pool during dry season."

-- Janet Fitch

#Ivory Quotes #Dry Quotes #Tables Quotes

“Christ was crucified by the Jews who had wanted a temporal ruler to rescue them from the oppressive Roman authorities. Instead God sent them a spiritual leader to rescue them from their sins.... He was not what the Jews had expected so they considered Him a threat. Thus He was put to death.”
“I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian De Palma's apprentice director. And it was such a harrowing, disillusioning, awful experience.”
“When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.”
“Resting for me is fitness training.”
“Most days it feels as if the world is whirling around me and I am standing still. In slow motion, I watch the colors blur; people and faces all become a massive wash.”

Source : Sarah Kay (2009). “Pieces of Glass: A Moment of Tragedy, a Lifetime of Faith”, p.8, Harper Collins
“Furthermore, unlike Man's other great good friend the horse, the cat is no sweating serf of Man. The only labor she condescends to perform is to catch mice and rats, and that's fun.”
“My purpose isn't to be confrontational. My purpose is to find out about the world and play myself against it to the extent that it is even conceivable.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bollen, believermag.com. January 1, 2004.
“Every time you get something, give something away.”

You may also like:

Alice Sebold
Writer
Alison Lohman
Actress
Amber Tamblyn
Actress
Anita Shreve
Writer
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist
Gary Zukav
Author
Sue Monk Kidd
Writer
Wally Lamb
Author