5217 Quotes & Sayings

The brain is a mystery; it has been and still will be. How does the brain produce thoughts? That is the central question and we have still no answer to it. — Charles Scott Sherrington

The chameleon Love can feed on the air — William Shakespeare

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival. — Yann Martel

God is kind, but he is not soft. He takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change. — Max Lucado

Our nights are different. She falls asleep like someone yielding to the gentle tug of a warm tide, and floats with confidence till morning. I fall asleep more grudgingly, thrashing at the waves, either reluctant to let a good day depart or still bitching about a bad one. Different currents run through our spells of unconsciousness. — Julian Barnes

Miss Caroline was no more than twenty-one. She had bright auburn hair, pink cheeks, and wore crimson fingernail polish. She also wore high-heeled pumps and a red-and-white-striped dress. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop. She boarded across the street one door down from us in Miss Maudie Atkinson's upstairs front room, and when Miss Maudie introduced us to her, Jem was in a haze for days. — Harper Lee

I'm always ready to step up and take that shot. — Ray Allen