Lumleys Pet Quotes

#1. Do you think too long a period of nightlessness," mused Sandra, "could drive you insane, the way they say sleeplessness can?

Julia Glass

#2. She pretended he knew some of her thoughts, only some of them, the ones she would like to show him.

Marilynne Robinson

#3. I listen to a lot of medieval music.

Grimes

#4. You never know why or when the next job is coming. I actually like that. It's kind of exciting. I don't punch in. I don't have a 9 to 5 job. When you do work you're lucky enough to go to interesting places and meet mostly interesting and talented people, so it's really a great job if you can work.

Michael Vartan

#5. This is a badly broken world, full of wars and cruelty and senseless tragedy. Every human being who inhabits it is served his or her portion of unhappiness and wake up nights.

Stephen King

#6. You know you wouldn't be happy unless you married an odd sort of person

Vera Brittain

#7. Most analysts would agree that if all the undocumented immigrants in California were deported in one day, our state would experience a severe economic downturn. This does not even consider the many cultural and spiritual gifts these immigrants bring to our state and nation.

Roger Mahony

#8. Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Nelson Mandela

#9. It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can't get any better than that!

Kathy Bates

#10. I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms.

Sarah Vowell

#11. There are no guarantees when it comes to such treacherous things as friendship. It's a tricky business.

Matthew Quick

#12. Fancy borrows much from memory, and so looks back to the past.

Giovanni Ruffini

#13. The universal and absolute law is that natural justice which cannot be written down, but which appeals to the hearts of all.

Victor Cousin

#14. FYI: when you see a grammar nazi foaming at the mouth, you are watching someone with absolutely nothing of substance to say.

Nils Parker