The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that..

You said a curse is only a curse if I allowed myself to me cursed by it. You said... I had it in my power to free myself of any curse - that curses w….

You’re impinging on my private space,” I said, inching backward. Patch gave a barely-there smile. "Impinging? This isn’t the SAT, Nora..

Thanks from keeping me from being a liar," said Nikolai. "What?" "About your having diarrhea." "For you I'd get dysentery." "Now that's friendship..

The subject’s pulse increased on contact,” he said. “Don’t write that..

After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done..

[Donald Trump] said, back in 2006, "Gee, I hope it does collapse, because then I can go in and buy some and make some money." Well, it did collapse..

Will looking after her, sighed.not for her, he said under his breath, though there was no one to hear him, for me.... And he leaned his head against ….

You can’t buy it, but it has a price,” said Oryx. “Everything has a price..

The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry..

He drew a deep breath. 'Well, I'm back,' he said..

Every picture paints a thousand words and that one said 'goodbye'.

So, we’ve got a problem,” I said. “What?” Lend yelled. “We’ve got a problem!” I shouted. “No, I heard that. I mean, what’s the problem now?.

Intellectuals (in the standard sense of the term, not [ Edward] Said's prescriptive sense) are the people who write history..

Perhaps," he said, "we should discuss our arrangements, then..

What positive things have you said to yourself today? Acknowledge your greatness..

There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, ‘ he said. “We racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something ….

My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I di….

Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten..

You don't have to explain something you never said..

Come with me," Reyn said. "I want to show you something." Frankly, I had expected something more original. "Really?" I asked, "That's it? That's what….