Politest Cities Quotes

#1. I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

Beverly Cleary

#2. It's a vast waste of space.

Prince Philip

#3. This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn't just a season or a time but a whole world I'd forgotten. I'd never know until I stepped out into it. So I did.

Sarah Dessen

#4. The truth is rarely buried; it is merely lying in wait behind veils of modesty, pain, or indifference; the one necessary prerequisite is a passionate desire to lift the veils.

Amin Maalouf

#5. Writing was, is, and will always be my favorite job.

John Corey Whaley

#6. The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is that human nature cannot change you.

Barrows Dunham

#7. Without the library, you have no civilization.

Ray Bradbury

#8. I'm always listening and watching; my ear is like a boom mike. And judging, frankly. Constantly judging.

Kathy Griffin

#9. My health and my family are the core of my being.

Jon Bon Jovi

#10. When you shoot a film, you have very little time to waste, and I try to go into the character as soon as possible and stay there as much as I can.

Demian Bichir

#11. I look at you. i know what you are. you are sloppy-bodied, smelly and wet. a woman who was born to sit trapped in a chair while a man tells her how much she excites him. _Eric Packer

Don DeLillo

#12. Whatever can die is beautiful - more beautiful than a unicorn, who lives forever, and who is the most beautiful creature in the world. Do you understand me?

Peter S. Beagle

#13. I walked down my snow covered street. Out of habit I turned and checked for my footsteps. When I arrived at my building I looked for my name on the buzzers. And because I know that sometimes I see things that aren't there, after dinner I called Information to ask if I was listed.(25)

Nicole Krauss