Amarillas Villas Quotes & Sayings

Now the way of life that I preach is a habit to be acquired gradually by long and steady repetition. It is the practice of living for the day only, and for the day's work. — William Osler

But are we to accept a form of government which we do not entirely approve of, merely in hopes that it will be administered well? Does not every man know, that nothing is more liable to be abused than power. Power, without a check, in any hands, is tyranny; — Bernard Bailyn

I felt it give a sudden sigh, a quick unburdening of breath as it shifted its frame a little. It wasn't tied up, I saw, it could have wandered off anytime it chose; but there was nowhere for it to go, of course, and the cart I supposed was heavy, and there was something however meager to be had there where it stood. — Garth Greenwell

One of my 'Secrets of Adulthood' is: Somewhere, keep an empty shelf. I know where my empty shelf is, and I treasure it. — Gretchen Rubin

I have a motto: it's never too late to give up. It's never too late to give up what you are doing, and start doing what you realise you love. — Hans Rosling

A church without symbols, a church without baptism or communion where only the real things mattered and where the atonement must be as real as the sin itself, where for instance if you broke a playmate's toy in anger you must go home immediately and fetch a toy of your own, of as good or better quality, and give it to that playmate for keeps and then announce your error at Public Amending on Sunday. — Anne Tyler

Without thinking twice, he'd lifted his hand, still clutching the penknife, and drawn it swiftly along her milky skin, made his pain her own . . . — Kate Morton

For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style. — Renee Fleming

Growing up, I didn't know anything about money other than we didn't have any. — LZ Granderson

No matter how big the risk will be, you're willing to do anything, to get what you want or save yourself. — Ebelsain Villegas

Knowing yourself is first step towards self reclamation. — Amit Gupta

I'm sad
I'm tired
I'm lonely
But it's okay because I'm "breathing — Just Me

I think fiction writers should work. If you have a job and are not living off advances or grants, you never have to make concessions in your writing, ever. — Hanya Yanagihara