Andrei Bitov Quotes

#1. I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Jimmy Jewel

#2. unreality is a condition of life.

Andrei Bitov

#3. I gave you my all, love. I did, I did.

Ellen Connor

#4. An Edward Povey hangs in my living room and every day I am reminded of his originality, his beauty, and the eternal promise of his craft.

Kate Mulgrew

#5. If you are sentenced to torture for a crime, yes, that is a cruel punishment. But the mere fact that somebody is tortured is - is unlawful under - under our statutes, but the Constitution happens not to address it, just as it does not address a lot of other horrible things.

Antonin Scalia

#6. Everywhere I looked, hope existed - but only as some kind of green shoot in the midst of struggle. It was a theological concept, not a spiritual practice. Hope, I began to realize, was not a state of life. It was at best a gift of life.

Joan D. Chittister

#7. It's not a mystery, it's a secret. Because someone knows. A mystery is something no one knows.

Andrei Bitov

#8. I'm concerned about a lot of serious border issues. This book is about the border reality and the struggles of the undocumented worker.

Ana Castillo

#9. A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading?

John Gimlette

#10. Everybody was feeling happy now. The sun was shining brightly out of a soft blue sky and the day was calm. The giant peach, with the sunlight glinting on its side, was like a massive golden ball sailing upon a silver sea.

Roald Dahl