Queen Of Spades Quotes

#1. I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.

Elena Ferrante

#2. Robert Scott Leyse channels Baudelaire's Queen of Spades and Jack of Hearts, speaking darkly of dead loves, in this new book. He also reminds me of James Purdy's notorious eccentricity. There's plenty of middlebrow stuff if you want it. Self-Murder isn't that.

Kris Saknussemm

#3. You could touch for a couple of bucks. The window of the booth went up and you stuck out the bills. They might tell you not to pinch, but I was a stroke type anyway. Some guys, I guess they want to leave a mark. Me, I just like the feel.

Sam Lipsyte

#4. Joy is the serious business of heaven.

C.S. Lewis

#5. I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained ankle.

William Friedkin

#6. You're the only one who can decide what's best for you.

Stuart Wilde

#7. Anyone can be a fool, but the one recognizes it and admits it is on the path to wisdom.

Queen Of Spades

#8. The Lord knows all - His timing and reasoning is perfect. If we really trust Him, then we no longer see our failures as a bad thing. We will see them as an answer to our prayers even if we don't understand how in the moment.

Lindsey Rietzsch

#9. They shouldn't call anything a boot camp unless you're going off to war. Standup boot camp has been a fantastic thing, for the people putting it on. They keep you out in the woods and won't let you come back until you're funny. Lenny Bruce came up with his Religions Inc. bit on a day hike.

Andy Kindler

#10. I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.

Hoagy Carmichael

#11. I looked at the cards in my hand, the queen of hearts nestled between the king of clubs and the king of spades. No wonder she was smiling.

Megan Hart

#12. Life is too short to hold back, so live It as if It's not guaranteed.

Queen Of Spades

#13. I never want the art of reviewing to ever feel like a chore.

Queen Of Spades

#14. My sport is biking. I'm not much of a gym person, but I like being outside - hiking, canoeing, camping.

Diane Kruger

#15. There are certain parts of chords that resolve things and tie a bow, and others that keep things open and unanswered.

Feist

#16. The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness.

Aisha Tyler