Troubled Backgrounds Quotes

#1. The summer is cruel to its leaves, the fall to its colors, the winter to us.

Herta Muller

#2. We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins.

Edward Bond

#3. Daughter," said the Hermit, "I have now lived a hundred and nine winters in this world and have never met any such thing as Luck.

C.S. Lewis

#4. For Beatrice- I would much prefer it if you were alive and well.

Lemony Snicket

#5. We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

Bob Cousy

#6. I've got a crush on my backing singer.

Amy Winehouse

#7. The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road.

Lisa Loeb

#8. Only that which is absent can be imagined.

Marcel Proust

#9. Warraner looked pleasantly surprised at the question, like a Mormon who had suddenly found himself invited into a house for coffee, cake, and a discussion of the wit and wisdom of Joseph Smith.

John Connolly

#10. Paintings. Or the collapse of time in images.

Paul Auster

#11. Growing up in a household where something is terribly wrong, you feel the weight of that mysterious something even though it's unspoken. It eats at you. Confuses you. It leaves you wondering if your view of the world will ever make sense.

Diane Chamberlain