Allows Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

Robin Goodfellow, for all his pranks and mischief, was the sweetest, most noble person I'd ever known, and I'd missed him terribly. — Julie Kagawa

I pictured the first time we saw the girl, breezing past us in that Lincoln, blond hair whirling around her, her glasses tipped down, her smile, the stroke of her fingers. The teasing.
Simon tumbled the meteorite around in the sweat of his hand. I wondered what it would be like to look down at the earth, to fall, to burn brilliantly in the air like the image of the girl who passed by, kicking back dust like cosmic ash, and could she see that, now; was she up there above us?
I wondered.
We closed our eyes. — Andrew Smith

It is not because the right principles have been violated, that they are to be abandoned. — Thomas Paine

All humans are part male and part female. The other side must be explored to gain complete understanding ofourselves and the world we live in. Forme, the idea of having a feminine perspective is a willingness to be vulnerable. — Billy Corgan

All art is an abstraction to some degree. — Henry Moore

Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been in the cool place, but I wasn't really cool - I was trying to pass for hip or cool. It's the awkwardness that's nice. — Marc Jacobs

Look around. Take the tour. Fear hangs on the wall and shame sometimes. Emotional dislocation too. But I am brave in my admission. Are you? When no one is looking, I check to see if anyone seems as scared as me, or lonely, or shy, or insecure. Is it just me? I'm not so sure. Is your heart an onion too? Show me yours, I'll show you mine we used to say. Your turn. Peel away. — Nikki Grimes

All the gods are dead except the god of war. — Eldridge Cleaver

The fountain of youth resides in our memory. You will never outlive your shadow. — Lorin Morgan-Richards

In spite of his mildness and timidity in reproving, every one about him knew that on the exceptional occasions when he chose, he was absolute. He never, indeed, chose to be absolute except on some one else's behalf. — George Eliot

If dreams are thwarted, then yearning must take their place
If reunion is impossible, then longing must take its place. — Faiz Ahmed Faiz

I have a mind to think, Lord; help me to think of You and for You. You — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs, H. G. Wells, and Andre Gide. — Luke Harding

When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think. — Seung Sahn

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it. — Napoleon Bonaparte