Sally Rooney Quotes

I try to keep my sentences quite pared back. What I really want to do is observe people's relationships and interactions. I don't want language to get in the way of that. It's quite a difficult process to achieve that, for the language to feel clear.

Sally Rooney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: 1991

Topics

PeopleProcessLanguageFeelBack

My mom's father came from a family of 11 children who came over from the island of Ischia, Italy, and settled in Providence, RI. Her mother was part of the large community of French-speaking Canadians who settled in Woonsocket, RI.

Joanna Going

FamilyFatherMotherChildrenMom

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LifeHopeDeadWhoEvenThose

'Baker Towers' is the book I've always known I would write, but it wasn't an easy book to do.

Jennifer Haigh

BookEasyWriteAlwaysWouldBaker

Film is forever.

Angela Bassett

ForeverFilm

I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.

John Travolta

NightThinkSaturdayCareerKind

There's nothing worse than looking as if you've tried too hard or preened to within an inch of your life. If I'm wearing a strong item like a really beautiful dress, then I'll play down my shoes and accessories and make my hair really natural.

Louise Nurding

LifeBeautifulShoesDressHairYou

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.

Douglas Coupland

LifeTimeDecisionsBadThingsYour

Want to know the best thing about being a professor? Colored chalk.

Donald Sadoway

BestKnowWantProfessorBeing

If you're a wrestling fan, and you watch it on TV, that's great, but there's nothing quite like being there live.

Dean Ambrose

LiveGreatYouBeing ThereNothing

I've covered a lot of ground geographically and emotionally and for years I lost my connection with my family. But the best comfort you can have, whether you are on the phone or sitting there in the living room with them, is with your parents, and to me family has always meant protection. When you smile you get a smile back, unconditionally.

Brigitte Nielsen

FamilySmileBestParentsMeYou

I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.

Scott Weiland

MyselfCareTake CareNeedGoing

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

Marilyn Monroe

HateSexJustSymbolThingBecomes

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