Alexios Of Greece Quotes & Sayings

But if anything will turn me off, it's a very practiced approach, as if the man has done it a thousand times before, to a lot of different women. Which always seems to imply that I am no different from all the rest. Not flattering. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Really anything can happen at any time and we are very addicted to comfort. Life is just not always comfortable. — Lauren Bowles

I love you, always. Time is nothing. Henry — Audrey Niffenegger

But you know me-I'm an information magpie, always interested in shiny bits of intel. I've never gotten in trouble because of knowing too much. — Tim Pratt

Shrikes were songbirds; he ought to know. — Jodi Meadows

Fathers and Sons
Arkaday watching Katya's face as she accepts his marriage proposal:
Anyone who has never seen such tears in the eyes of a beloved one cannot fathom to what extent, all overcome with gratitude and shame, a human being can be happy on earth.
Bazarov on his death bed:
I am done for. I've fallen under the wheel. And it transpires that there was no point in thinking about the future. It's an old story, is death, but to every man it comes anew. — Ivan Turgenev

My world was ordered, calm, and controlled, then you came into my life with your smart mouth, your innocence, your beauty, and your quiet temerity ... and everything before you was just dull, empty, mediocre ... it was nothing. — E.L. James

I used to have to wear a gas mask to school when I was a kid because of the dust. I would tell people that the first light I saw was in a movie theater, because the sun was just a little glow. — Dennis Hopper

If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy, and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do. — Henry Cloud

Sweat the small stuff. Without letting anyone see you sweat. — Chris Hadfield

Big Sur is a fascinating place. It is one of the true power places in America. — Frederick Lenz

For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation. — William Penn

Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school. — Amy Chua

I begin already to weigh my words and sentences more than I did, and am looking about for a sentiment, an illustration, or a metaphor in every corner of the room. Could my Ideas flow as fast as the rain in the Storecloset it would be charming. — Jane Austen

January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year's resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken. — Sendhil Mullainathan