Anne Fadiman (1953) American essayist, journalist and magazine editor
Source: Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Quotes about likeness page 60
“The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand”
Italo Calvino book Invisible Cities
Page 10
Invisible Cities (1972)
Context: As this wave from memories flows in, the city soaks it up like a sponge and expands. (di quest'onda che rifluisce dai ricordi la città s'imbeve coma una spugna e si dilata). The city, however, does not tell of its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand...
“Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”
Jane Austen book Emma
Emma (1815)
Works, Emma
“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Source: The Book Thief
“Let's face it - with a few exceptions, nobody likes anybody.”
David Lubar book Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
Source: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
“My life flies away like a dream:
Why should I stay behind?”
Julia Golding (1969) British fiction writer
Source: Cat-O'nine Tails
“Weird behavior is natural in smart children, like curiosity is to a kitten.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
“Don’t try threatening an Alpha. They don’t like it.”
Patricia Briggs book Silver Borne
Source: Silver Borne
“Our heaven is their hell, said God. I like a balanced universe.”
Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer
Source: The Tent
“The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering.”
Gilles Deleuze book Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation
Source: Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation
“I have gotten so used to melancholia that I greet it like an old friend.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry aof scars.”
Alex Garland (1970) English novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director
Charles Bukowski book The People Look Like Flowers at Last
Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.”
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Even in an apocalypse like this, surely running out of Coke
qualified as a disaster.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: Ghost Town
“Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.”
Penelope Lively book Moon Tiger
Source: Moon Tiger
Robertson Davies (1913–1995) Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist
“I couldn't afford luxuries like embarrassment”
Andrew S. Grove (1936–2016) Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer, and author
Swimming Across: A Memoir
“In a Town like Twin Peaks noone is innocent”
David Lynch (1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Gunmetal Magic
Melissa Bank book The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Source: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
“Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. -Nana”
Khaled Hosseini book A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
Pete Hautman (1952) American children's writer
Source: The Big Crunch
“Calvin: Girls are like slugs—they probably serve some purpose, but it's hard to imagine what.
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Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
Source: The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
“Look at the sun sinkin' like a ship. Ain't that just like my heart, babe. When you kissed my lips?”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964), It Ain't Me Babe
Context: Go away from my window,
Leave at your own chosen speed,
I'm not the one you want, babe,
I'm not the one you need.
You say you're looking for someone,
Who's never weak but always strong,
To protect you and defend you,
Whether you are right or wrong,
Someone to open each and every door,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're looking for, babe.
“Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and dappled with light.”
Kate DiCamillo (1964) American children's writer
“I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Burns
James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
Autobiographical Notes (1952)
Context: I don't like people who like me because I'm a Negro; neither do I like people who find in the same accident grounds for contempt. I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. I think all theories are suspect, that the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and that one must find, therefore, one's own moral center and move through the world hoping that this center will guide one aright. I consider that I have many responsibilities, but none greater than this: to last, as Hemingway says, and get my work done.
I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
“What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.”
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) British American-born writer
“The gentlemen like it when a lady smells sweet.”
Bertrice Small (1937–2015) American writer
Source: Lost Love Found