"Perusing colorful storylines on the backs of book……" — Sarah Kay
"Perusing colorful storylines on the backs of book jackets, I realized that none of them could possibly be as dramatic as my life to date. Then sadly, I also realized I could never find the ending of my story from the safety of an armchair."
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30 Quotes by Sarah Kay
Sarah Kay has 30 quotes on this site.
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Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many…
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If I should have a daughter…“Instead of “Mom”, she’s gonna call me “Point B.
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Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick…
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You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many…
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My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my…
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Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they…
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It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.
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It is equally important to listen as it is to speak.
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Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a…
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If I should have a daughter… I’m gonna paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so she…
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Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at…
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Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes…
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More Armchair Quotes
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one of 40 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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One man has discovered that by running there is no need to meditate, just by running meditation happens. He must…
— Rajneesh
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Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.
— Henri Matisse
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After Daskalos returned to his armchair and was getting ready to continue our discussion I asked him whether the affliction…
— Unknown Author
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of…
— J C Ryle
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M. J. Putney has created true magic with this book, the kind that comes when you curl up in a…
— Catherine Asaro
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From a distance, everyone will be able to read text, enlarged and limited to the desired subject, projected on an…
— Unknown Author
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It's in the kitchen that confidences are exchanged, that family life takes place; it's among the remains of a meal…
— Benoite Groult
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Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.
— Nelson Mandela
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I have now and again tried to imagine the perfect environment, the ideal conditions for reading: A worn leather armchair…
— Michael Dirda
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It is my dream to create an art which is filled with balance, purity and calmness, freed from a subject…
— Henri Matisse
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Joe Calzaghe is next. If he gets himself out that armchair, gets himself back in the gym, let's have a…
— Carl Froch
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Armchair warriors often fail - and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
— Don Henley
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