Columns – Quotes

Let the radiance of

Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger column and my goodwill purer gold than the columns and gold of rich schools. Gabriela Mistral

Is it a surprise

Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up? Evangelista Torricelli

The only things I

The only things I read are gossip columns. If I read three pages of a book, I’m out like a light. When I pick up the book again, I’ve forgotten what I’ve read and have to start over again. By page three, even if I’ve just awakened from a nine -hour nap, I fall asleep … Read more

I’ve really been sick

I’ve really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow except I was just so low in spirit, I didn’t have the will to struggle against them when my deadline was so close and I felt so lousy. Ernie Pyle

My type of humor

My type of humor is almost pure identification. A housewife reads my column and says, ‘But that’s happened to ME! I know just what she’s talking about! Erma Bombeck

In time they sank

In time they sank and decayed, and nothing is left of them except an occasional impression in stones, in stones now found in deserts and on high mountain peaks. Birdless forests block the sun in uninhabited lands. Insects swirl in the air. And then, in a majestic, bloodthirsty, and mighty heave, the spinal columns of … Read more

Growing up female in

Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip, and moral dilemmas on the level of TV soap operas. What litanies the advertisers of the good life chanted at you! What curious catechisms! Erica Jong