The Rumpus Quotes

#1. I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training!

Rick Moody

#2. The whole thing died in my mind long before the rumpus started. We used to believe the Beatles myth just as much as the public and we were in love with them just the same way. But we were four individuals who eventually recovered our individualities after being submerged in a myth.

John Lennon

#3. Wisdom is a mother;
proverbs are her offspring.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#4. Your grandfather's coffin is heavier than you expect. Your father's coffin is heavier than you can bear.

Todd Lowe

#5. I've always loved the wild rumpus in 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, because the words disappear, the pictures take up the whole page, and we move forward in the story by turning the pages.

Brian Selznick

#6. The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I rather guess It's selfishness That drives me to such actions, For in this plan I find I can Forget my own distractions.

John Kendrick Bangs

#7. Hold your venom
Do you recognise the instinct
in me, fellow scorpion?

Kiera Woodhull

#8. I love the quality, feel and history of film. I love the pictures of the giant cameras and the way it was.

David Lynch

#9. And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!

Maurice Sendak

#10. I'm good at blowjob.

Lauren Baker

#11. He saw now that he had always existed at a quiet distance from reality.

Lauren Owen

#12. Let the wild rumpus start!

Maurice Sendak

#13. How will you deal with him?" Belses asked.
Jock lifted a brawny fist and regarded it lovingly. "Knock him out
truss him up
whatever the Almighty permits us."
Supposing he's not alone?"
Oh, then, if his trusties are with him, there'll be a bonny rumpus.

John Buchan

#14. I love what I do and I think it shows. As my kids get older, they can see me as a mom who loves working.

Jessica Capshaw

#15. Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

Lois McMaster Bujold

#16. Lucy could feel herself slipping, sliding into need, falling into a hazy place of love and desire where right was not quite identifiable from wrong.

Julia Quinn