John Penton Quotes

#1. You're only young once. That is all society can stand.

Jane Seabrook

#2. She read about people she could never be and adventures she would never have

Anonymous

#3. I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is very truthful. It is generally regarded here as more reliable than the press.

George Orwell

#4. It was as if vampirism carried with it a crampless case of rattlesnake PMS.

Christopher Moore

#5. Unless we're talking about old-school, witchcraft-trial violence, can we please phase out the phrase 'girl crush?' While we're at it, if we can axe 'like, total girl crush' unless Total Girl Crush is the name of a fizzy soft drink, in which case I'll take two, thank you.

Sloane Crosley

#6. Love must not suffocate but breathe on its own.

Soraya Naomi

#7. My first strike was marrying a guy without a college degree. My second and third were getting pregnant. I suppose that when I didn't go on to become the next Gloria Allred, she was justified in counting me a failure. And I suppose that until now, I was justified in thinking that I wasn't one.

Jodi Picoult

#8. Battling evil, cruelty, and injustice allows us to retain our identity, a sense of meaning, and ultimately our freedom.

Chris Hedges

#9. It was a way of recognizing places of enchantment: people falling asleep like this.

Jonathan Franzen

#10. It is much easier to pray for a bore than to go visit him.

C.S. Lewis

#11. Culture for rich people doesn't come till later, it creeps up on them, and it's not well regarded.

Sophie Divry

#12. Greaseball, greaseball, greaseball, that's all I throw him (Rod Carew), and he still hits them. He's the only player in baseball who consistently hits my grease. He sees the ball so well, I guess he can pick out the dry side.

Gaylord Perry

#13. I tell you everything."
"Nothing that matters.

Jonathan Franzen