meggilyweggily’s most recent Quotables

Under duress, we do not rise to our expectations – we fall to the level of our training.

You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.

If a city has a 30% Negro population, then it is logical to assume that Negroes should have at least 30% of the jobs in any particular company, and jobs in all categories rather than only in menial areas.

It is true that behavior cannot be legislated, and legislation cannot make you love me, but legislation can restrain you from lynching me, and I think that is kind of important.

After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says W T F.

When Barack Obama was giving his speech after being elected as president, he had to do it behind three inch thick bullet-proof glass.

I thought that was a bit harsh - just because he's black doesn't mean he's going to shoot anyone.

It is a terrible thing to do to unusual people, to drive them so deeply into themselves that each reemergence is a volcanic explosion.

The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.

Normally it is not polite to go into somebody’s room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.

Love was in the air so both of us walked through love on our way to the corner.

Writing a novel is a tiny candle in a dark, swirling world. It brings light and warmth and hope to the lucky few who, against insufferable odds and despite a juggernaut of irritations, find themselves in the right place to hold it. Blow it out, so our eyes will not be drawn to its power. Extinguish it so we can get some sleep. I plan to quit writing novels myself, sometime...

Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it's really fun to do and Oprah's on it.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other.

I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the sources of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.