Logo
Quote by Alison Lurie
There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun. – Alison Lurie

Other quotes by Alison Lurie
No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
War
category

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender. – Winston Churchill

Category:
War

Killing is the payoff of war. – Morley Safer

Category:
War

Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered and had effectively lost, before Nixon salvaged a non-Communist South Vietnam while effecting a complete American withdrawal. – Conrad Black

Category:
War

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure. – Charles Schumer

Category:
War

Random Quotes

In reality, killing time is only the name for another of the multifarious ways by which Time kills us. – Osbert Sitwell

Category:
Time

Id rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.Id rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are. – Milton Berle

Category:
Attitude

Love — a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker. – Author Unknown

Category:
Being in Love

Many people are in the dark when it comes to money, and Im going to turn on the lights. – Suze Orman

Category:
finance