Perpetua's Quotes

#1. And Harold came into Perpetua's apartment.
He said, 'I just want to know one thing. Are you happy?' 'Sure,' Perpetua said. (Donald Barthelme, "Perpetua")

Donald Barthelme

#2. The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world

Robert Orben

#3. Spare your father's white hair; spare the tender years of your child, offer a sacrifice for the prosperity of the emperor'. I replied 'no'. 'Are you a Christian?' asked Hilarian. And I answered 'yes I am'.

Vibia Perpetua

#4. Nice dress," Victoria said.
"Thank you," Perpetua said. "Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?"
Victoria blinked. "Uh, what?

Benjamin R. Smith

#5. I remember three years ago looking into the entrance pool of Julia's stately domus and finding I was beautiful.

Amy Rachel Peterson

#6. Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.

Ernest Hemingway,

#7. Stand fast in the faith, and love one another, all of you, and be not offended at my sufferings.

Vivia Perpetua

#8. Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, through all the years of this our life, to lead from joy to joy.

William Wordsworth

#9. You keep right on building that fence, Faye. See what good it does you.

Elle Lothlorien

#10. Sarcasm is a suit of armor.

Wally Lamb

#11. Worship is as natural to the human family as the sing of the sun is to the cosmic order.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#12. What better medicine is there than a cat?

Jennifer Megan Varnadore