Brownstones East Quotes

#1. An imaginary baby is so much easier than a real baby. No diapers to change.

Sufjan Stevens

#2. The process of a date, I think, is terrible. Horrible. Because everything is banal and predicted.

Miuccia Prada

#3. Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.

Jeannette Walls

#4. She devoted her life to this place, this work. If that doesn't make a home, Turyin Mulaghesh, then nothing does.

Robert Jackson Bennett

#5. Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed.

Haruki Murakami

#6. We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

John R.W. Stott

#7. Hold on to the thought that no emotion lasts forever, no matter how wonderful or how terrible the emotion may be. The tears may last a little longer than you would like, but it will get better. I promise.

Osayi Emokpae Lasisi

#8. Knowledge comes from the past, so it's safe. It is also out of date. It's the opposite of originality ... Experience is the opposite of being creative.

Paul Arden

#9. Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

Alice Hegan Rice

#10. Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.

Gwyneth Paltrow

#11. I wouldn't think of my characters' moralities at all. And I think I identify fully with every main character I've written about and would say that I am them pretty much. So in terms of that I don't think I'm similar to Bret Easton Ellis .

Tao Lin