Hrrm Quotes

#1. I'm half white," I said, folding my arms.
"Hrrm. Which half?"
I blinked. "Uh ... dunno. Let's just say it's from the waist down."
Chief Shouting Bear nodded. "Deal. I only hate your legs.

Adam Rex

#2. Don't worry, Ashton, he can't hurt me anymore, no one can. I have nothing left to lose, I said honestly.

Kirsty Moseley

#3. It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.

Martin McDonagh

#4. Sometimes the ideas that mean the most to you will feel true long before you can quite formulate them or justify them.

Robert Pinsky

#5. The night is a tunnel, she thought, a hole into tomorrow ...

Frank Herbert

#6. Obviously, Nevada doesn't prohibit all forms of gambling, but you have to submit yourself to a very rigorous regulatory process to run a gambling operation in Nevada.

Eric Schneiderman

#7. We're going' Anne said firmly.
So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.'
Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness.

Philippa Gregory

#8. Butforme, theAlps and their peoplewerealikebeautiful in their snow, and their humanity; and I wanted, neither for them nor myself, sight of any thrones in heaven but the rocks, or of any spirits in heaven but the clouds.

John Ruskin

#9. I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.

Talib Kweli

#10. All the earth colours of the painter's palette are out there in the many miles of badlands ...

Georgia O'Keeffe

#11. Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything.

Saul Leiter

#12. Because of Kipling, I've sometimes wondered about keeping a mongoose about the house. But given the cobra population in Silver Spring, Maryland - zero, when last I checked - we hardly need a Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.

Michael Dirda

#13. I think of myself of a primitivist. I have never had any of these electronic instruments and I have never had the slightest interest in using them. I use the computer as a tool, simply because it makes composing a lot faster. But I don't go on stage with a computer and make a lot of goofy sounds.

Glenn Branca

#14. Alys," he exclaims happily. "I think this might work out. You're going to be excellent in getting rid of unwanted visitors."
"I'm not a fucking Rottweiler," I say indignantly.

Lily Morton

#15. True humility means giving joy to others.

Sri Chinmoy

#16. I would rather be blunt and heard then quiet and misunderstood.

Michael Joshua