Barbonis Rancho Quotes & Sayings

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me. — Kristen Stewart

A rose lay open in full bloom
and, looking from my garden room,
I watched the sun-baked flower fill with rain.
It seemed so fragile,
resting there,
and such a silence filled the air,
the beauty of the moment caused me pain.
"What more?" I thought. "There must be more."
As if in answer then, I saw
one weighty drop that caused my rose to fall.
It trembled, then cascaded down
to earth just staining gentle brown
and, since then, I've felt different.
That's all. — Julie Andrews Edwards

The official government radio station was still broadcasting that the New York Power Authority would have power back up to Con Edison and lower Manhattan — Matthew Mather

We owe it to the dead to dance on their graves. — Marty Rubin

The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation. — Jay Samit

I had no way of anticipating the adjustments I would have to make and the suffering I would have to endure in the months and years ahead. — Gerald L. Sittser

Disaster began at the end of September with an attack by RAF Bomber Command which drained the Dortmund-Ems canal. — Anonymous

There was always a grandeur and a nobility in my megalomania. And also something cheap and loathsome that I could not help. — Pat Conroy

Some people are racist. Some people are jealous. Some people are just fucking ignorant, she says, her eyes coming up to meet mine as her fingers let go of my shirt. Don't let someone else dictate how your heart feels about someone — Ginger Scott

I do not understand why any poet or writer would run for office; that's a different sense of who you are. I'm just a poet. I am as truthful as I can be. That makes me an artist. I heed the people; I do not lead the people. — Nikki Giovanni