Amanieu I De Albret Quotes & Sayings

Katherine," he says when we finish. We're breathing each other's air and lying side by side, our noses almost touching.
"Mick," I say.
"I love your name. It suits you perfectly. Katherine. Katherine. Katherine and Mick."
And when he says my name like that, right next to his, everything is different. I've never really liked being called Katherine - all this time, despite what I've said, I've desperately missed being called Katie. I've missed being Katie.
But I'm no longer Katie, I'm Katherine - and tonight, for the first time ever, I don't want to be anyone else. — Rebecca James

There are stories where you must wear out your iron shoes to right a wrong, where children are baked into pies, where jealousy cuts off hands and cuts out hearts. We forget, because the stories end with those ritual words - happily ever after - all the darkness, all the pain, all the effort that comes before. People say they want a fairy tale life, but what they really want is the part that happens off the page, after the oven has been escaped, after the clock strikes midnight. They want the part that doesn't come with glass slippers still stained with a stepsister's blood, or a lover blinded by an angry mother's thorns. If you live through a fairy tale, you don't make it through unscathed or unchanged. Hands — Kat Howard

Perfect love is rare indeed - for to be a lover will require that you continually have the subtlety of the very wise, the flexibility of the child, the sensitivity of the artist, the understanding of the philosopher, the acceptance of the saint, the tolerance of the scholar and the fortitude of the certain. — Leo Buscaglia

It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government or policy as an 'attack' on their 'faith'. — Christina Engela

A disaffected America can be drawn into a civilized - but disruptive - dialogue about political change and reformation. — David Ignatius

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. — Xun Zi

The great thing about knowing stuff is that anyone can do it. — Ken Jennings

ObamaCare is a complete disaster. — Donald Trump

This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense. — Marcus Aurelius

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes. — Abbas Kiarostami

I welcome the opportunity (even if painful) that my minute to minute experience offers me to become aware of the addictions I must reprogram to be liberated from my robot-like emotional patterns. — Ken Keyes Jr.

You must weather the storm and come out on the other side stronger than before. — Morgan Rhodes

I have perfectly symmetrical ankles. — T. J. Miller