Aptly Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

People fall in love', I say, my voice hoarse. 'It happens. — Ally Condie

Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus (1741), a scurrilous burlesque, written mostly by John Arbuthnot, that poked fun at Grub Street twittishness. He chose this indelicate item because it was a source of interesting words like 'chicanery', 'confidant', 'troglodyte' and 'piazza', and even the distinctly modern-sounding 'skylight'. — Henry Hitchings

Ricky just listens. He isn't shocked. He isn't surprised. He listens to me because he knows. He knows the shame and the guilt and the sorrow and the rage. And he does not judge me. He just listens. — Emily Andrews

There was an exceeding good concert, but too much talking to hear it well. Indeed I am quite astonished to find how little music is attended to in silence; for, though every body seems to admire, hardly any body listens. — Fanny Burney

Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions. — Cal Thomas

I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney. — Natalie Cole

Do you wish people to speak well of you?
Then do not speak at all yourself.
[Fr., Voulez-vous qu'on croie du bien de vous?
N'en dites point.] — Blaise Pascal

They were twin beasts in the night, swift and sleek and growling. With her body arched over the moonlight-soaked motorcycle, her thighs welded to metal and leather, Elise felt like she and the bike had become a single animal - another member of Rylie's pack, restricted only to where the wheels could take her. — S.M. Reine

Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process. — E.B. White