Page 38 Quotes

“You can call out for anything you desire, however aberrant or unlikely, and nearly always there comes an answer, it's a large world, we're never as solitary as we think, as unique or unprecedented, what we feel has always already been felt, again and again, without beginning or end.”
― Garth Greenwell, Cleanness

“And even that wasn't bad enough. Naturally they had to breath fire, too.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“Grave this on your memory, lad: A world is supported by four things... " She held up four big-knuckled fingers. " .. the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing..." She closed her fingers into a fist. " .. without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition!”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“She could not have been described as Sex Incarnate, or “The Bust” or “The Torso.” She had been long and slim and willowy. The bones of her face and head had had some of the beauty associated with those of Garbo. She had brought personality to her pictures rather than mere sex. The sudden turn of her head, the opening of the deep lovely eyes, the faint quiver of her mouth, all these were what brought to one suddenly that feeling of breathtaking loveliness that comes not from regularity of feature but from sudden magic of the flesh that catches the onlooker unawares. She still had this quality though it was not now so easily apparent. Like many film and stage actresses she had what seemed to be a habit of turning off personality at will. She could retire into herself, be quiet, gentle, aloof, disappointing to an eager fan. And then suddenly the turn of the head, the movement of the hands, the sudden smile and the magic was there.”
― Agatha Christie, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

“قل أن يرضى عن طبيعته ولكنه يسلِّم بواقعها، ويؤمن بأن طريقه املقدس تتلاطم على جانبيه أمواج الخري والشر، وأن شيئًا لا يمكن أن ينال من قدسيته سوى الضعف َّ والخور والقناعة والاستسلام للمسرات السهلة وأحلام اليقظة.”
― نجيب محفوظ, حضرة المحترم

“Of course that’s inevitable anywhere,” her husband explains. “Tourism is a self-degrading process, kind of like oxidation of iron.” Joe has a fondness for scientific metaphor, the precipitate of undergraduate years as a biochemistry major.”
― Alison Lurie, Foreign Affairs