Bastables Book Quotes & Sayings

Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait ... there is nothing stronger than these two: patience and time, they will do it all. — Leo Tolstoy

If a man is truly in love, the most beautiful woman in the world couldn't take him away. Maybe for a few days, but not forever. — Eva Gabor

Fathers be good to your daughters. Daughters will love like you do. Girls become lovers who turn in mothers. So, mothers be good to your daughters too. — John Mayer

In politics, victory is never total. — Donald Freed

A novel need not impart information or inform. It must seduce & snare the reader with feelings & break the reader's heart. — Mark Rubinstein

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women. — Confucius

Rather than admit defeat, I decided to change goals. — David Sedaris

Christ is sufficient. We do not need "support groups" for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all be taken to the foot of the same old rugged cross and find there cleansing, peace, and joy. — Elisabeth Elliot

The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them
all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other. In the very middle of the court was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it: they looked so good, that it made Alice quite hungry to look at them
'I wish they'd get the trial done,' she thought, 'and hand round the refreshments!' But there seemed to be no chance of this, so she began looking at everything about her, to pass away the time. — Lewis Carroll

The teeth must have escaped while you murdered the rest of it," said Bramble, cough-laughing into her napkin. "Ha ha ha! You know, sometimes I think Clover is harboring some deep, dark shocking secret. Fire poker! Ba-hahahahaaa! — Heather Dixon

Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it. — Dalai Lama XIV

A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble — Remy De Gourmont