But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories of places he has been and things he has done since last he saw you.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I have just one fiddle. It works, and that's it. It has been an old friend. ITZHAK PERLMAN You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it... STEPHEN KING You can't deny laughter. When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it... STEPHEN KING What's it like then?" asked Old Bailey. "Being dead?" The marquis sighed. And then he twisted ... NEIL GAIMAN I got it (the putter) out of my garage and it was just like an old friend, MARK ROE Everyone has a gift. It's up to you to decide what you do with it. ANTHONY T. HINCKS You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long a... STEPHEN KING He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insi... ALBERT FINNEY I think one of the reasons Stephen King's stories work so well is that he places his stories in ... TED NAIFEH You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson... DEYTH BANGER I wish I had 11 more like him. He is one of the type players that only come around every once in awh... EMANUEL BROWN They float, they all float... and when you're down here with me, fat boy, you'll float too. STEPHEN KING You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL Mac has been with the Discovery Center since it opened, and he will be greatly missed. The good news... DENIS THOMAS Stop running from me and listen. I do want you. I want you even knowing if I marry you, I’ve got a... LISA KLEYPAS Apparently when they are in an area working, (the suspect) has his hired help go out and assist him ... FRANK ROGERS He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He ... ALBERT FINNEY I know that's not necessarily his style, but there comes a time when he has to save his own ass with... JEFF GARCIA To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN If there’s one thing you learn from me, after hearing about just under one year of my life can it ... R.J. SEELEY He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he m... JOSEPH ADDISON Take a chance of your life, you're risking nothing in this planet. NAZIM AMBALATH When you are in the zone, your intuition comes to the forefront, ... Your intuition will guide you. ... JIM FANNIN Rob has not been a year-round wrestler like most of the other kids who make it out here. He is most ... DARRIN CUMMINGS Problem with an old friend who is too busy: he always perceives you as if never changed. TOBA BETA If you think acting like you don't exist isn't the hardest thing I've ever done, you're wrong. I hat... MOLLY MCADAMS He is a genuine, good guy, one of the best teammates that you can have. He lights up a clubhouse wit... KEVIN MILLAR To be a true comic, you have to have a signature move. You ever watch wrestling? And your favorite w... J. B. SMOOVE He pulls out the pipe I stole and sticks it between his teeth. “What do you think?” he asks... JESSICA KHOURY And then he greeted Death as an old friend, and went with him gladly, and, equals, they departed thi... J.K. ROWLING Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN When you think something has to be done, and you believe it has to be done and the consensus is that... HARRY SINDEN This dull, difficult novel I have brought with me on my trip—I keep trying to read it. I have gone... LYDIA DAVIS A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know w... CHARLIE DANIELS Everyone has it's own great triumph, has he own story with sadness, madness and reverses. That's how... DEYTH BANGER His friend laughed. 'You missed your calling, Freddie,' he said. 'You should have been one of the af... MARY BALOGH You lost your son, but reality he is alive, my father I lost him I know on 99% he is dead if this is... DEYTH BANGER There was a man here, lashed himself to a spar as his ship went down, and for seven days and seven n... JEANETTE WINTERSON Those guys are right up his alley. A tight end like that, with an accurate quarterback and a running... ANTWAAN RANDLE EL Amazing sex stays with you. It soaks into your skin. It floats through your dreams and has you silen... ROBERTO HOGUE Exercise is like an old friend: You may not be able to see that friend all the time, but you're ... BETHENNY FRANKEL There is an immense, childlike enthusiasm about the man. It's inspiring when you work with a 77-year... SAM MENDES Don't let society fool you into believing that if you don't have a girlfriend or boyfriend then you'... MIYA YAMANOUCHI He just has great hands. I think he has some of the best hands on the team, including wideouts. He g... BRANDON JONES It’s been four years since Justin kissed his best friend Lucas when they were both just 12. Then J... JUVENALIUS Jensen has been struggling with his alignment. He seems to be making a good pass through the ball (n... STEVE DESIMONE An old girlfriend is a gun in your belly. It's no longer loaded, so when you see her, all you feel i... JONATHAN TROPPER One day you fall for this boy. And he touches you with his fingers. And he burns holes in your skin ... MAUREEN MEDVED It may not look like it, but he has an unbelievable inner toughness. It's not physical toughness whe... FRED HILL He is going to run as the ground is yielding, soft in places, and it has been raining there this aft... MARTIN BRASSIL A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift. ....The Lord has declared that those who serve him and... MARVIN J. ASHTON And Lay had better not think he has it any easier. At the end of the day you go into a case like thi... JOEL ANDROPHY He lived in sight of both worlds, but he looked toward the unknown. And he was a scholar.... You can... ELIZABETH GILBERT There has been this legitimate concern that he has been isolated. It is a smart move on his part to ... DAVID GERGEN The Ass and the Lapdog
A man had an Ass, and a Maltese Lapdog, a very great beauty. The Ass was le... AESOP The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend but remember an old one will never becom... VIKRANT PARSAI I don’t know,’ said Frodo. ‘It came to me then, as if I was making it up; but I may have heard... J.R.R. TOLKIEN He will choose you, disarm you with his words, and control you with his presence. He will delight yo... ROBERT D. HARE The mind when it has an old experience will add that data into its current experience, and it keeps ... L. RON HUBBARD He rose and stood tottering in that cold dark with his arms held out for balance while the vestibula... CORMAC MCCARTHY Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. GINA GREENLEE I have often felt that when an Atheist asks "Where is your God?" it means even he has an innermost d... SANTOSH THANKACHAN Keep it always with you that laughter who knock at your door and say, 'May I come in?' is not the tr... BRAM STOKER I appreciate the fact that you have one redeeming quality, Jack, but that is all it is. Just a hint ... K.A. LINDE When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply has ... ALLAN ADLER In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges,... BRADLEY JAMES Want a balloon? STEPHEN KING He?s really good at picking stuff up ... but his attitude is his greatest asset. When you?re in the ... CHARLIE CICERO Henry handed the record to his old friend, who draped it across his chest. His eyes closed as if he ... JAMIE FORD But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charmin... OSCAR WILDE We have taken since September to this date to investigate what Perez has said he has done as an offi... BERNARD PARKS A man must know his destiny
if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, tw... GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, t... GEORGE S. PATTON JR. A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, t... GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON The everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you a... ST. FRANCIS DE SALES David has always been one of those quietly influential staffers that has an impact all of out propor... BRADFORD BERENSON The way yogurt works is you take the old yogurt culture and you put it in milk. You have to put enou... JOHN MACKEY And again it snowed, and again the sun came out. In the mornings on the way to the station Franklin ... STEVEN MILLHAUSER He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that wa... JOHN BELLAIRS He sees the gift, ... He sees the real thing, and he's very turned on by that. An old friend of mine... AL PACINO A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't kn... CHARLIE DANIELS It is not awkward at all. There is a hierarchy and you follow the hierarchy. He is the defensive coo... CHAD BROWN I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. I'd like to be the help that you've been... EDGAR A. GUEST I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me, I'd like to be the help that you've been... HENRI NOUWEN It Couldn't Be DoneSomebody said that it couldn't be done,But he with a chuckle repliedThat "maybe i... EDGAR A. GUEST God walked with humanity in the cool of the day and gave them the most difficult and hottest parts o... JOEY TALLADINO He felt lonely and out of place. In the summer I saw the mood that he was in, he wasn't too happy wi... FERDINAND BAILEY Your good friend has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You will probably n... CYNTHIA NIXON He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He... ANON. It is one of the great ironies of the American war in Iraq - was that the guys who really got the mo... DEXTER FILKINS I am eighty-three years old, but I only remember the last seventy-one years. You see, when I was twe... T.J. KLUNE Frodo drew the Ring out of his pocket again and looked at it. It now appeared plain and smooth, with... J.R.R. TOLKIEN You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it ... JOHN UPDIKE He's not the type of person who wants to be out front, but he'll get the job done and he'll do it in... MICHAEL HAMPTON That's amazing, not to take BP on the days you pitch, and then to go out there and swing the bat lik... BILL ROBINSON It's been tough, but it has been fun, ... This business has its ups and downs, just like any other o... TERRY BRADSHAW I loved you!" he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. "I loved yo... RICHELLE MEAD I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE He has been greatly missed since his retirement ... Thank God for videotapes and DVDs. In this regar... DAVID LETTERMAN
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