Quotes of: My-number-one Keyword

They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind.

Gateway

I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early.

Thom Gunn

. . . and I don’t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. We’re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other.

Aftermath

My story is of such marvel that if it were written with a needle on the corner of an eye, it would yet serve as a lesson to those who seek wisdom.

The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights

The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was return the favor and pretend that they were writers.

Me Talk Pretty One Day

Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.

My Life in France

An author must gorge himself on ten thousand images to select the magical one that can define a piece of the world in a way one has never considered before.

My Losing Season: A Memoir

I peel cats like I pet oranges. And I often snuggle with watermelons, sometimes with the intent of making love.

My love can only occupy one person at a time

She ordered beer all night, and I ordered root beer. She was drunk, and so was I—with love.


My love can only occupy one person at a time

I’ll use your chicken burrito as a crayon. I’ll draw what love looks like, if you promise not to eat it.

My love can only occupy one person at a time

True love is rare, like a good steak. Help me cut it up.

My love can only occupy one person at a time

The wind helps me unwind. I make love like Don Quixote windmilled into history.

My love can only occupy one person at a time

Love is two Tuesdays back to back, and I’m just a lonely Wednesday waiting on today.


My love can only occupy one person at a time

It’s amazing how fast a handshake turns into a handjob. Ah, you’ve got to love politics.

My love can only occupy one person at a time

Sometimes I lie in bed trying to decide which of my friends I truly care about, and I always come to the same conclusion: none of them.

No One Belongs Here More Than You

He had something in him, how he walked, how he carried himself with that carelessness, he wasn’t my type entirely, if I ever had a type of guy before him.

The One That Got Away

I lifted my eyes, and, for the first time, admitted the truth. "I gave up," I whispered. "Don't give up," she whispered back.

For One More Day

Going back to something is harder than you think." I don't suppose I could have broken my mother's heart any more if I tried.

For One More Day

My dear friend, there are two things in this world about which no one can be sure: whether or not one is being deceived by a woman and whether or not a Communist is sincere.

The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

Everyone I've ever met who was worth knowing was a bit different at school. You just need to find your people' 'Find my people?' 'Your tribe

One Plus One

The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is one.

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