Emile Barnes Quotes

#1. My body is a metronome, keeping time for the universe ...

Pete Wentz

#2. We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

John Lewis

#3. A forest fire was making its way along the tinderbox ridges above them, flaring and shimmering against the overcast like the northern lights. Cold as it was he stood there a long time. The color of it moved something in him long forgotten. Make a list. Recite a litany. Remember.

Cormac McCarthy

#4. America is a very seductive place in terms of lifestyle and comfort, but it wasn't for me.

Bill Bryson

#5. When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a famous boxer, my father is. If you want to fight somebody, go fight my Dad.

Richard Gibbons

#6. I mean, I'm humble ... to me, I'm just a regular cat from Oakland, California.

Lance Gross

#7. It's painfully obvious to see that as Americans we can sometimes be wrapped up in our own affairs.

Monica Johnson

#8. What you say is who you are. How you say it is your style.

Jennifer Stone

#9. You need fresh air," he said.
"We're outside," I pointed out. "It doesn't get any fresher than that.

Rachel Hawthorne

#10. I can't even trust my own imaginary dog. How much lower can a person get?

Meg Rosoff

#11. It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.

Sallust