Brownstones Quotes

#1. Grips slipped. Hers had from every surface. She's shaped nothing after all, only been crushed and reshaped. No wonder she felt for the brownstones, the cripples, now filling chaotically with no regard for her plan.

Jonathan Lethem

#2. America was passing her by. New York City was passing her by. Bridges and billboards bearing smiling people were passing her by. Skyscrapers and brownstones were rushing by. Fast. Too fast. Forever.

Imbolo Mbue

#3. 'The Cosby Show' - no one thought there's doctors and lawyers who are married and live in brownstones! Back then no one would have thought we would have an African-American president. They would have laughed in your face.

Keshia Knight Pulliam

#4. I've never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career I'd be so happy to do until I die. I always joke to myself that I want to have a postmortem Academy Award Nomination.

Ansel Elgort

#5. If it isn't life and death, it isn't life and death.

Abigail Thomas

#6. Darry took a step toward me, but I backed away. "Don't touch me," I said. My heart was pounding in slow thumps, throbbing at the side of my head, and I wondered if everyone else could hear it. Maybe that's why they're all looking at me, I thought, they can hear my heart beating ...

S.E. Hinton

#7. Remember: you must participate in the creative world you want to become part of.

John Waters

#8. And she thinks, almost joyfully, that it's fine this way because the truth is finally revealed: she feels no need to understand him or to have him understand her.

Milan Kundera

#9. the guy had a hot date

Kathy Reichs

#10. Whether the glass seems half full or half empty depends on how thirsty you are.

Marty Rubin

#11. Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our writing.

Jyoti Arora

#12. We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence.

H.G.Wells

#13. I have found that those who try to shield us from the truth, regardless of the reason, end up doing the greatest harm. Truth alone sets you free, not lies and omissions.

Jessica Dotta

#14. May be we are not such fools as we look. But though we be, we are well content, so long as we may be two fools together.

R.D. Blackmore

#15. Maybe it is the last chance for Europe to influence standards for world trade. Next it will be between the US and the Asia-Pacific region.

Sigmar Gabriel

#16. It is not enough for a man to dwell in the Land of Israel, he must also pray to be free.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

#17. The absurdity of it all.

Lauren DeStefano