Marybeth Mank > Marybeth's Quotes

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“The world is like that -- incomprehensible and full of surprises .”
― Jorge Amado, Gabriela, clavo y canela

“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life”
― Michael Palin

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”
― Woodrow Wilson

“You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.”
― viggo mortensen

“There’s so much gray to every story—nothing is so black and white.”
― Lisa Ling

“We were tempted to have T-shirts made that said on the front: “We May Not Be Hip Enough To Drink Here, But We Are Rich Enough To Live Here,” and on the back in larger letters: “Fuck Off Back To Clapham.” Like giving the finger to the bridge-and-tunnel crowd.”
― Simon Majumdar, Eat My Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything

“The thing is, that when you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.”
― Kate Jacobs, The Friday Night Knitting Club

“And there's always a better time than right now and there always will be. But right now is what we've got.”
― Kate Jacobs, The Friday Night Knitting Club