Luis Villoro Quotes

#1. I never refused autograph seekers, unless they were old enough to look like collection agents.

Joe Pepitone

#2. I have never quite understood the relationship between beauty and weakness, womanly sweetness and womanly silliness; to my mind, indeed, that woman being the most beautiful who is the most capable, while weakness and silliness can never by any chance be other than unlovely.

Eliza Lynn Linton

#3. Leaving me an orphan like those characters I had spoken of the night before, if one can truly be called an orphan at twenty-one years of age.

John Boyne

#4. A close relationship, she thought. As far as they are concerned, all that means is a threat to which they don't want to expose themselves.

Henning Mankell

#5. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away(Matthew 24:35 NIV).

Euginia Herlihy

#6. I'm not impressed by any cooks who can brag about a filet mignon. A guy who can take the neck of a shank or can use tripe to make into something delicious is really interesting to me; that's impressive.

Anthony Bourdain

#7. The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.

Martha Graham

#8. The spirit of democracy ... requires change of the heart ... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.

Mahatma Gandhi

#9. Dodging a close call or tight spot felt like barely avoiding a horrible accident and winning the lottery all at the same time - and I felt surges of relief and exhilaration.

Charlie Spillers