"When You Are Engulfed in Flames" Quotes
A collection of humorous and insightful essays about David Sedaris's experiences living in different parts of the world.
humor | 323 pages | Published in 2008
Quotes
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
I have to think that I think it's better to be good to people and do what you think is right, and not worry about the political implications.
I'm not sure how we got here, but I know it's not by screwing the government.
It's that fear of death, I've come to think, that ties us to our own lives and makes them so precious.
I'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.
You can't kill the spirit. You can't kill the love.
It's a lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
I've always thought of memories as fragments, like colored glass shards in a kaleidoscope. It is the source of great beauty in our lives, yet the cause of such heartache.
The beauty of the open road is that no two crossroads are ever the same.
The tricky thing about the future, though, is that it keeps changing.
