Amusement-park Quote by Sarah Vowell

“She is either male property (Mrs.), wannabe male property (Miss), or man-hating harpy (Ms.).”

— Sarah Vowell

“We were breathing sooty air. The soot was composed of incinerated glass and steel but also, we knew, incinerated human flesh. When the local…

— Sarah Vowell

I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.

— Sarah Vowell

“After Hymns and tears, they boarded the brig Thaddeus, a vessel so crappy, it made the Mayflower look like the QE2.”

— Sarah Vowell

“The last line of Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is addressed to the American people and their congressmen. "As they deal with me and…

— Sarah Vowell

“In the gravedigger scene in act V, Hamlet looks upon an anonymous skull and jokes that even Alexander the Great decomposed into dust that…

— Sarah Vowell

“Another reason I’m intrigued with the hanged of Salem, especially the women, is that a number of them aroused suspicion in the first place…

— Sarah Vowell

Listening to the radio every day for an entire year was a prison sentence. It was the most depressing, annoying, debilitating project I have…

— Sarah Vowell

That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I…

— Sarah Vowell

“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite because it…

— Sarah Vowell

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my…

— Sarah Vowell

Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.

— Sarah Vowell