Trish Saunders > Trish's Quotes

“I went out with a guy who once told me I didn’t need to drink to make myself more fun to be around. I told him, I’m drinking so that you’re more fun to be around.”
― Chelsea Handler, Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

“How can an insurrection be orderly?" I asked. "How can students, told to be armed with any sort of weapon, keep themselves in check?”
― Daphne du Maurier, The Flight of the Falcon

“You can be for liberty, or you can be for banning books. You cannot be for both.”
― Pete Buttigieg

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness”
― George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

“It's such bullshit that there's stigma around being closeted. We get shit for ''living a lie'' just because we want to survive. I don't want to keep losing everyone I'm close to. I don't want to get disowned and kicked out of my house. It's self preservation, not dishonesty. I don't owe anyone the truth, and I'll take my damn time with talking about it.”
― Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

“Evelyn is a drawing in sharp black and white, and I'm - I'm just a subdued pastel.”
― Georgette Heyer, Pastel