Bastide Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

Stop the bullsh*t. Stop drawing lines in the sand like previous generations [have done]. — Michael Skolnik

Perhaps one day in the far-off future, when I'm about eighty-nine, I might look back and say, "When I was a young-ish woman I fell in love with an intense charismatic man. He was way out of my league and when it ended it nearly killed me, but every woman should experience that sort of love once in their lives. Only once, mind, you mightn't survive a second bout. A bit like dengue fever, that way." I — Marian Keyes

They all chose Indian names for themselves. Teddy was Little Fox ("Naturally," Ursula said). Nancy was Little Wolf ("Honiahaka" in Cheyenne, Mrs. Shawcross said. She had a book she referred to). Mrs. Shawcross herself was Great White Eagle ("Oh, for heaven's sake," Sylvie said, "talk about hubris"). — Kate Atkinson

The girl you were died; the potion of death was what all of us women swallow sooner or later. Have you noticed how at puberty the Amazon-like energy we are born with fades and we turn into doubt-filled creatures with clipped wings? The woman left trapped in the silo is also you, a prisoner of the restrictions of adult life. The female condition is a disgrace, Isabel, it's like having rocks tied to your ankles so you can't fly. — Isabel Allende

It often takes the darkness of a storm to show us the light of God's presence. — Tony Evans

That while the world wasn't built for humans, we were built for the world. — John Green

Becoming wealthy is like playing Monopoly.. the person who can accumulate the most assets wins the game. — Noel Whittaker

Nothing could be further from the truth. But in a world dedicated to distraction, silence and stillness terrify us; we protect ourselves from them with noise and frantic busyness. Looking into the nature of our mind is the last thing we would dare to do. Sometimes I think we don't want to — Sogyal Rinpoche

We can bring heaven on the earth when we have compassion for all living beings. — Amit Ray

If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain. — William Howard Taft

Fight back. Bite back. — Benjamin Percy

I want to be in control of my own destiny. — Ray Lamontagne

If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide. — Lou Holtz