A Separate Peace Finny War Quotes & Sayings

Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. — P. J. O'Rourke

You're my karma, sunshine. And I'm pretty sure you were made for me. — Julie Johnson

I heard last year at [insert name]'s birthday party they had to set up mirrors to make it look like a crowd. — Jim Cornette

I think if an actor is right for a role, casting sees that, and the words that are on the page, depending on how it's written, can really help your character develop. — Scott Michael Foster

After all, who would say life was good if they had no friend? — Mark Vernon

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy. — David Brin

Once fire was discovered, the instinct for improvement made men bring food to it. First to dry it, then to put it on the coals to cook. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and instead, focus on what is possible-which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible. — Melody Beattie

Instead of looking at individual buildings, it makes more metaphorical sense to think of New York as one enormous chunk of masonry that has been cut up and carved away. It says, 'This is the ultimate polis, through which humans move like nematodes.' — Will Self

I try to keep myself as sane and as grounded as possible by surrounding myself with normal people, such as all the friends that I've had from when I was little. — Emmy Rossum

I've long wanted to find a charitable cause to really get involved with and be passionate about. I get invited to a lot of charity events to sing, and I am happy to help and bring a source of entertainment, but I'm sort of disconnected from them. — Katharine McPhee

I promise myself then, in that moment, that I will hold him forever, just like this, until all the pain and torture and suffering is gone, until he's given a chance to live the kind of life where no one can wound him this deeply ever again. — Tahereh Mafi

Secrets always come up for air. They're never content to stay buried for long. — Kristy Cambron

Not to be rich, not to be famous, not to be mighty, not even to be happy, but to be civilized--that was the dream of his life. — Philip Roth