Alysssa Quotes & Sayings

Franny looked at them up on the porch, everyone softened by the veil of the screen, by the light that was slanting in behind them, by the bank of yellow lilies that separated them from her. It was not unlike seeing tigers at the zoo. — Ann Patchett

A note in Sarah's dark, decisive handwriting was taped to the staircase's newel post. "Out. Thought the house needed some time alone with you first. Move slowly. Matthew can stay in Em's old room. Your room is ready." There was a postscript, in Em's rounder scrawl. "Both of you use your parents' room. — Deborah Harkness

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell. — Seneca The Younger

I remembered a definition of chivalry I'd heard once: a man protecting a woman against every man but himself. — James Anderson

An unscrupulous contractor regards no basement as too dark, no stable loft too foul, no rear shanty too provisional, no tenement room too small for his workroom as these conditions imply
low rental. — Jane Addams

Very few great goals actually go in. — Graham Taylor

Keep yourself in the moment — Akosua Dardaine Edwards

Good intentions but bad results; bad results but lessons learned. There is a dark corner on every task beautiful and a beautiful corner on every task dark. — Criss Jami

Finn had seen in the people he'd once contended with, and sometimes even among his own colleagues - a policy in which killing was the first option rather than the last, because lives counted for nothing against the security of guaranteed silence. — Kevin Wignall

Avoid retirement playgrounds like poison, because that's exactly what they are. — Linda Goodman

I'm half Scotch-Irish on both sides, and when I lose my temper-brother, I go. — S.J Perelman

That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards. — Bill Lee