Latest Quotes

“She lit a burner on the stove And offered me a pipe 'I thought you'd never say hello,' she said 'You look like the silent type.' Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century. And everyone of them words rang true And glowed like burnin'…”

— Bob Dylan, Tangled up in Blue

“You remind Anna, if she asks why That a thief stole my heart while she was making up her mind I heard she lives in Brooklyn with the cool And goes crazy over that New York scene on 7th Avenue. But I used to wait at the diner a million nights without her Praying she won't cancel again tonight And the…”

— Gaslight Anthem, Here's Lookin At You, Kid

“I down-shifted as I pulled into the driveway The motor screaming out, stuck in second gear The scene ends badly, as you might imagine In a cavalcade of anger and fear There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year”

— The Mountain Goats, This Year

“He was born in the Bitterroot Valley in the early morning rain Wild geese over the water heading north and home again Bringing a warm wind from the south Bringing the first taste of the spring His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing”

— John Denver, Wild Montana Skies

“A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.”

— John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“Lee Chong’s grocery, while not a model of neatness, was a miracle of supply.”

— John Steinbeck, Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)

“Pimpin' ain't easy, but it's necessary, especially if you wanna fully utilize the power of your kitchen.”

— Coolio, Cookin' with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price

“In that place, where they tore the nightshade and blackberry patches from their roots to make room for the Medallion City Golf Course, there was once a neighborhood.”

— Toni Morrison, Sula

“I particularly detest books that begin something like 'Ah, there was joy and happiness in the quaint Tasmanian home of Professor Flynn when the first bellowings of lusty little Errol were heard. . . .'”

— Errol Flynn, My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Autobiography of Errol Flynn

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (Modern Library Classics)

“A screaming comes across the sky.”

— Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“It was a pleasure to burn.”

— Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451: A Novel

“I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.”

— Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl

“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)

“The train tore along with an angry, irregular rhythm.”

— Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train

“Charlie Kim never planned on becoming an orphan.”

— Matthew Sullivan, The Orphans (Orphans Trilogy) (Volume 1)

“I really had no damn business there.”

— Eileen Myles, Chelsea Girls

“When I tell people I'm going to Idaho, they all say pretty much the same thing: 'Why the fuck would you want to go to Idaho?'”

— Jim Goad, Potatoes on the Moon

“It began the usual way, in the bathroom of the Lassimo Hotel.”

— Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“The playback: late night, Brooklyn, a pot of coffee, and a chair by the window.”

— Rob Sheffield, Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time