Spoon River Quotes

#1. A Mormon told me that they don't drink coffee. I said, "A cup of coffee every day gives you wonderful benefits." He said, "Like what?" I said, "Well, it keeps you from being Mormon ... "

Emo Philips

#2. Even though everything today is available at a click of a mouse still, the smell of a book and its feel makes the experience of reading very special and personal. It is more tangible and I urge all youngsters to read a lot as it will also broaden their horizons.

Shallu Jindal

#3. Dude, the whole Drake
coming out of the closet routine is getting old. Get some new material. ~ Drake

Jennifer Turner

#4. There is no marriage in Heaven, but there is love.

Edgar Lee Masters

#5. As for the Kristen Stewart comparisons, I just don't think that's fair. I thought she was great in On The Road and Into The Wild. But she's got enough people scrutinising her without me adding my take.

Alice Englert

#6. All my life is passing in front of my eyes. The worst part of it is I'm driving a used car.

Woody Allen

#7. FEARON, HENRY BRADSHAW. Sketches of America (1817-1818). Narrative of a Journey of 5,000 Miles through the Eastern and Western States of America. Second Edition, London: 1818.

Anonymous

#8. What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,
Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?
Degenerate sons and daughters,
Life is too strong for you
It takes life to love Life.

Edgar Lee Masters

#9. Fall in love with a dog's bum,
And thou'll think it pretty as a plum.

Marcel Proust

#10. Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.

Theodore L. Cuyler

#11. After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.

Mark Twain

#12. People tend to look at their businesses from the inside out - that is, they get so focused on making and selling their products that they lose awareness of the needs and buying behaviors of their customers.

Lawrence Bossidy

#13. No problem, Goth Boy. First one's free.

Lilith Saintcrow

#14. You may have failed, but you are not a failure. That's what you did. That's not who you are.

Joel Osteen

#15. I don't believe in an 'all-about-me' culture. It's about the group.

Brian McDermott

#16. I just want to sleep. The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away. It won't. I'll need brain surgery to cut it out of my head.

Laurie Halse Anderson