Aitkenhead Peterson Quotes & Sayings

Many luckless people imagine that romance is dead: some, overcivilised, fondly suppose that there never was romance: a poet tells us that romance is unrecognised though really present: but scientists can meet him daily, walking at large and undisguised in the world. — Archibald Hill

It was as if, after years of setting aside memories,the pile had grown too high, and had tumbled, obliging her to take an inventory of her life. — Loida Maritza Perez

Too bad people can't always be playing music, maybe then there wouldn't be any more wars. — Margot Benary-Isbert

The butterfly startled at Mary's gesture and floated up, drifting on the breeze, its wings sparkling blue and bright in the late afternoon sunshine.
Silence watched it, enthralled, and then her eyes met Michael's.
A corner of his mouth cocked up. Welcome home, m'love. — Elizabeth Hoyt

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time. — E.W. Howe

Mrs Ratlow was a widow, and she was head of English, but she still did all the cooking and cleaning for her two sons, and she never took holidays because she said
and I will never forget it
When a woman alone is no longer of any interest to the opposite sex, she is only visible where she has some purpose. — Jeanette Winterson

My love is not a hunger of the heart, My love is not a craving of the flesh; It came to me from God, to God returns. — Sri Aurobindo

We hereby declare the end to the wall dividing the sacred from the profane: from now on, all is sacred. — Paulo Coelho

Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff. — Amy Winehouse

We camped for the night in a hollow near a good-sized creek - one big enough for trout. Jamie and Ian waded into this with enthusiasm, harrying the finny denizens with whippy rods cut from black willow. — Diana Gabaldon

It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious. — George Washington