Annanstans Quotes & Sayings

I have never consciously exploited the fact that I am a woman. I wouldn't dare try that even if I knew how to. I have too much respect for my male colleagues to think they would be particualrly impressed. — Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle Of Blackburn

Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy. — Wolfgang Puck

The boy caught an almost imperceptible movement, the insatiable greed of maggots crawling inside human flesh. — Elif Shafak

I'm sorry, Ellie. I can mend your heart, though. I can collect all the pieces and put you back together again." ~Gage — Shanora Williams

Time is a track that loops back on itself, where memories rattle like tin trains. How had I been spending my days, but in the whirl of memories? — Steve Almond

The mirror is not you. The mirror is you looking at yourself. — George Balanchine

Not anticipating I'd be on trial for my life, my mother hadn't bothered to pack a suit for me. She was, by nature, an optimist. — David Liss

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. — Ronald Reagan

Many people don't know that New Jersey is a fertile breeding ground for writers, some of them quite renowned. And I would wager that most would be truly startled to learn that the star in the Jersey firmament is - drum roll here - Newark. — Sharon Kay Penman

They will heal anyway, with time. We ... are strong. It takes more ... to conquer us.Scars don't matter, little one. They are the marks of the battles we have won. — Helen Dunmore

Even if you fail, at least you had the balls to try. — Sandrine Gasq-Dion