Quevillon Dining Quotes

#1. The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

Bayard Taylor

#2. It wasn't that I couldn't write. I wrote every day. I actually worked really hard at writing. At my desk by 7 A.M., would work a full eight and more. Scribbled at the dinner table, in bed, on the toilet, on the No. 6 train, at Shea Stadium. I did everything I could. But none of it worked.

Junot Diaz

#3. You know how important trust is to me, yet you've done nothing but deceive me.

Sherry Gammon

#4. Our disappointment sits between us.

Charles Bukowski

#5. What kids are exposed to on television is more frightening and horrifying than what they see in my books.

Chris Van Allsburg

#6. Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.

Louis Leakey

#7. Any woodthrush shows it - he sings, not to fill the world, but because he is filled.

Jane Hirshfield

#8. I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.

Amelie Nothomb

#9. I've never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.

Ringo Starr

#10. The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more.

Akhmad Kadyrov

#11. I love the idea of a website/blog being a catalyst for propelling people out into the world, and I enjoy it most when people write me to say that their world looked or smelled or felt a little different because of something that I wrote.

Keri Smith

#12. Of course, looking tough on inflation is part of any central banker's job description: if investors believe that inflation is going to get out of control, you end up with higher interest rates and capital flight, and a vicious circle quickly ensues.

James Surowiecki

#13. As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by an anxiety that knows no irony, and I must wait until the next day to rediscover the blend of anguish and humor that characterizes my writing and that generates my style.

Enrique Vila-Matas

#14. 'Star Wars' is mythology. It's like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. It's the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless.

Michael Franti

#15. You sick piece of shit," Adam says to him, his voice low, measured.
"Such unfortunate language." Warner shakes his head. "Only those who cannot express themselves intelligently would resort to such crude substitutions in vocabulary.

Tahereh Mafi