Still Life With Woodpecker Quotes

“Actually, there are two kinds of people in this world: those who actually believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.”

“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating a perfect love.”

“Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.”

“We are our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.”

“I’ve learned something that many women these days never learn: Prince Charming really is a toad. And the beautiful princess has halitosis.”

“There’s no point in saving the world if it means losing the moon.”

“If you’re honest, you sooner or later have to confront your values. Then you’re forced to separate what is right from what is merely legal.”

“I’m as capable of rescuing you as you are of rescuing me.”

“People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve.”

“When two people meet and fall in love, there’s a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on that gratuitous magic without striving to make any more. One day we wake up and find that the magic is gone. We hustle to get it back, but by then it’s usually too late, we’ve used it up.”

“Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.”

“Well, you may get off on being a beautiful stereotype, regardless of the social consequences, but my conscience won’t allow it.”

“It was a moon that could stir wild passions in a moo cow. A moon that could bring out the devil in a bunny rabbit. A moon that could turn lug nuts into moonstones, turn Little Red Riding Hood into the big bad wolf.”

“There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum.”

“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who’re part of the solution and those who’re part of the problem.”

“Woodpecker’s the name, and outlawing’s the game. I’m wanted in fifty states and Mexico. It’s nice to feel wanted, and I’d like to be wanted by you. In fact, I just blew my disguise in the hopes that it would open your eyes and soften your heart.”

“Loving makes love. Loving makes itself.”

“People are never perfect, but love can be.”

“The difference between a criminal and an outlaw is that while criminals frequently are victims, outlaws never are. Indeed, the first step toward becoming a true outlaw is the refusal to be victimized.”

″‘I’ll follow him to the ends of the earth,’ she sobbed. ‘Yes, darling. But the earth doesn’t have any ends. Columbus fixed that.‘”