Lee Wilder > Lee's Quotes

“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

“Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

“If you aren't cute, you may as well be clever.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

“He took a sip of my father’s weak coffee and spit it back into the mug. "This shit’s like making love in a canoe."
"Excuse me?"
"It’s fucking near water.”
― David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

“Sure the world breeds monsters, but kindness grows just as wild...”
― Mary Karr, The Liars' Club

“God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.”
― James McBride, The Color of Water

“I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!”
― James McBride, The Color of Water

“Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere.”
― Willa Cather, O Pioneers!