Battle Royal Ralph Ellison Quotes

#1. Around Jack (Kerouac) there circulated a palpable aura of fame and death.

Gary Snyder

#2. Kat, who sat beside us, shouted, "Rewind that!" and threw popcorn at the screen. "Mr. Holland's expression was all, like, oh, no, I'm going to need to my balls reattached, and Cole's was all, you're about to lose something else, sucka.

Gena Showalter

#3. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. That's what I have to say. The second is only a part of the first.

Anna Quindlen

#4. India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place.

Rahul Gandhi

#5. He's like a cookie; rough around the edges, soft on the inside. He's such a surprising guy.

Delia Delaney

#6. The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind.

Annie Dillard

#7. With reason did the Athenians adjudge Diagoras guilty of atheism, in that he not only divulged the Orphic doctrine, and published the mysteries of Eleusis and of the Cabiri, and chopped up the wooden statue of Hercules to boil his turnips, but openly declared that there were no gods at all.

Athenagoras Of Athens

#8. Kipling is a jingo imperialist, he is morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting. It is better to start by admitting that, and then to try to find out why it is that he survives while the refined people who have sniggered at him seem to wear so badly.

George Orwell

#9. Let me tell you, Alex. He's a crook. He's based here in Miami. He's a nasty piece of work."
"He's mexican" Troy added.

Anthony Horowitz

#10. Under every burden, ... God will slip His hand. Every gulf of sorrow, ... His great love has spanned, Into every heart-ache, ... God will our His balm: Ease the pain and anguish, ... bring a blessed calm.

Frances J Roberts

#11. It is a source of pride for a kitty to have "Must Sedate Before Exam" or "This Cat Is Psycho" scrawled across his records in bright red ink. You should be proud of your kitty for inspiring such fear, and reward him with several crunchy treats.

Max Thompson

#12. Well done, my fine fellow out of my womb. What have you gained? Nothing! And oh, what have you lost? Everything!

Jeanette Winterson