Netty Cunningham > Netty's Quotes

“When you are old and grey and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep”
― W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

“Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.”
― Jincy Willett, The Writing Class

“A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.”
― Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?"
"Well, sweetheart," I tell her, "yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

“She looked out
over the crowd, murmuring, “I wonder if there are any gentlemen
here who might be willing to marry me before Wednesday”
― Julia Quinn, Just Like Heaven