Baths Literature Quotes & Sayings

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere. — William Congreve

Gracious Spirit dwell with me; I myself would gracious be, And with words that help and heal Would thy life in mine reveal, And with actions bold and meek Would for Christ my Saviour speak. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Here in the United States, a study of nearly 700 women in California showed an increased risk of fetal death among babies whose mothers lived near crops when certain pesticides were sprayed. The largest risks were found among pregnant women exposed during the critical first trimester and among those who lived in the same square mile where pesticides were used. — Sandra Steingraber

They'd tried to diagnose him but there was no apparent medical explanation for his behaviour. He was just what his mum called 'away with the fairies' and Max called 'a bit of a lost cunt. — Eve Dangerfield

I was learning that happily-ever-after was the beginning of the next chapter, not the end of the story. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Every day, hundreds of books and thousands of articles go into print. And here's the truth: Some of them aren't very good. What's the difference between published authors and you? What do they have that you don't? Maybe nothing. Except they know how to get published, which is actually quite significant. — Jeff Goins

Poetry, the best of it, is lunar and is concerned with the essential insanities. Journalism is solar (there are numerous newspapers named The Sun, none called The Moon) and is devoted to the inessential. — Tom Robbins

During winter sunsets, standing on a promontory so I saw the scenic sea as a surface rather than a line and, as coal-boats appeared from all sides of the horizon, I thought that, as they opened their portholes, they would throw their coals onto this fire. They swarmed over the ocean like blowflies ready to devour the decomposed star, and the blank gesture of a cloud fanned them. — Georges Limbour

I realised that when someone plays hard to get, they are making themselves into a character in a story, and they choose the story that leads to the outcome they want. — Scarlett Thomas

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. — Michael Phelps

Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a Lesbian. — Fran Lebowitz

He's so cute, I can't help myself. — Jerry Spinelli

I thought I was going to be a veterinarian. I was good in science and in math, and I loved animals. — Terry J. Lundgren