The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

Author: Robert Byrne

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2003-01-14

Total Pages: 673

ISBN-13: 0743235797

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An irreverent selection of humorous quotes, one-liners, definitions, and quips features words of wisdom from contributors ranging from Goethe to David Letterman on such topics as families, philosophy, movies and television, and education.


The 2,548 Wittiest Things Anybody Ever Said

The 2,548 Wittiest Things Anybody Ever Said

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Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 674

ISBN-13: 1451648901

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A latest collection of quotes features entries that are thematically arranged to provide narrative readings, in a volume that celebrates the lighter side of such topics as courtship, lawyers, and aging.


1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

Author: Robert Byrne

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 0449902854

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A collection of 1,911 quotes from scholars, comedians, political candidates, writers, reporters, philosophers, and other people from throughout history.


All the Good Things

All the Good Things

Author: Clare Fisher

Publisher: Europa Editions

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1609455185

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The Betty Trask Award winner: A young female convict recounts her life to discover the good in it, and in herself, in this “moving, compassionate” novel (The Sunday Times). Twenty-one-year-old Beth has done plenty of good, grown-up sorts of things—including having a baby. But she’s also done something bad enough to land her in prison. At the urging of her counselor, she begins to make a list of all the good things that have happened to her. It’s difficult at first, as she was abandoned by her mother and shuffled from one foster home to another. Hers is a life that veered from a brilliantly artistic childhood to rough boyfriends and thankless jobs. As she writes, however, she begins to understand that every life has moments of peace, friendship, and triumph. From sharing silence with someone she loves, to feeling so happy it hurts, she begins to see her life—and herself—anew. But Beth must also acknowledge the act that sent her to jail, and confront the question: Is there a chance for her redemption?


The Other 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

The Other 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

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Publisher: Atheneum Books

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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An irreverent, but informative collection of 637 aphorisms and observations uttered by the witty, vicious, philsophical, political, historical, and artistic--and anyone else that said something terrific. There's something for everyone in this clever collection.


The 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

The 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

Author: Robert Byrne

Publisher: Fawcett

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780449203750

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"This collection contains some real gems!" UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL From Golda Meir to Erma Bombeck...from Aldous Huxley to Abbie Hoffman...from Oscar Wilde to W.C. Fields...from Queen Victoria to Mae West...from Aristotle to Idi Amin....here are the 637 best things anybody ever said--on God, Life, Death, Murder, Stupidity, Narcisism, Birth, Youth, Sex, Love, Marriage, Horses, Greeks, Romans, Politics, Literature, Drink, Presidents, and a great deal more.


Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You

Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You

Author: Mardy Grothe

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-02-26

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780142000571

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What do Mae West, John F. Kennedy, Victor Hugo, and H. L. Mencken have in common? They all indulged in chiasmus-a literary device in which word order is reversed to hilarious or poignant effect. When Mae West said, "It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men," she was using chiasmus; when John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," he was doing the same. Dr. Mardy Grothe has compiled hundreds of examples of chiasmus in this whimsically illustrated collection, bringing this witty and thought-provoking device out of obscurity and into the public imagination.


A Little Life

A Little Life

Author: Hanya Yanagihara

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 833

ISBN-13: 0804172706

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.