Braidotti Transpositions Quotes

#1. Her somewhat overly round head was wedged deep within her shoulders on a short body; it sat right upon it, as though there had never been such a thing as a neck, what a superfluous contraption.

Elias Canetti

#2. A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.

Charles Wagner

#3. [On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible.

Dolly Parton

#4. We know how to take an incredibly large task and break it down to manageable pieces, then deal with each of those pieces. We

Brandon Sanderson

#5. When the old faith is gone, and the enthusiasm for the gospel is extinct, it is no wonder that people seek something else in the way of delight.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#6. Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

Joyce Maynard

#7. I don't really believe in 'directions' in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that's all.

Graham Nelson

#8. My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.

Shakira

#9. I think pineapple is very sexy. It reminds me of bikinis and the beach.

Penn Badgley

#10. Oh, Ashley, nothing has turned out as we expected! It never does, he said. Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is.

Margaret Mitchell

#11. I read bells. Not the sound of bells, no, no, but the feel of bells, the emotion of bells, the bright clanging joy, the hooting-shouting-ringing loudness, the song of the Joined, the togetherness and the sharing of it all.

George R R Martin

#12. The vast silence of Buddha overtakes
and overrules the oncoming roar
of tragic life that fills alleys and avenues;
it blocks the way of pedicabs, police, convoys.

Denise Levertov