Uvi Poznansky Quotes

I write with my paintbrush, and paint with my pen

— Uvi Poznansky

“In our family, forgiveness is something you pray for, something you yearn to receive-but so seldom do you give it to others.”

— Uvi Poznansky

-Then, winking at him, I passed my tongue over the top, and all around the ice cream at the rim of the cone, filling my whole mouth and, just to look sexy, also licking the tips of my fingers. Then I came around the counter, swaying my hips real pretty, and steadying myself over the wobbly high heels. I came right up to him, and before he could guess what kind of trouble I had cooked up in my head, I kissed him-so sweet and so long-on his lips, to the shouts and outcries of the offended customer ...

— Uvi Poznansky

And in a blinding flash my wedding dress, which is hung right there, opposite me, in the corner of the bedroom, comes alive. The heavy satin rustles like it's just about to breathe. The lace trembles in the cold air. And for a moment the beading glitters. It blinks, like it's trying to bring back some memory. So bright, so dazzling!
Then the dress sinks back into the dark.

— Uvi Poznansky

“When he wants to, he can be real kind. He knows so well how to spoil a woman. He gave me a ring with a pink sapphire. I bet you it's real! Also, a gold chain with a locket, which at the last minute-like, just before saying, I do-I decided not to wear. I wanted to look classy, and worried that it's gonna be a bit much. And the other pair? Now, that's my very first pair of high heel shoes.”

— Uvi Poznansky

“How do I become larger than life?”

— Uvi Poznansky

“My fever is gone. In its place, now come severe bouts of shivering. I try, as best I can, to control myself. I slow down the chattering of my teeth as I call out, Of one thing I'm sure: Reading what I've been working on-which, for lack of a better term I would call a memoir-you would think me a madman.”

— Uvi Poznansky

“Glancing at the shadows, "Come in," I beseech. "Let me see, let me touch you. Talk to me ... And let me tell you my story.”

— Uvi Poznansky

“Here, boy, is the lesson learned: showing mercy is a mistake. It affected the rest of my life.”

— Uvi Poznansky

“I hang my head over these knuckles, over these pale, veined wrists which I hardly recognize as mine, finding myself overcome by a new enemy, one I never expected: the chill of old age.”

— Uvi Poznansky

“The outcome would decide who would be called a hero and who-a villain.”

— Uvi Poznansky

I understand what motivates them. Greed is such a universal thing, especially when combined with laziness.

— Uvi Poznansky