Beckoning Cat Quotes & Sayings

Memory is of no use to the remembered, only to those who remember. We build ourselves with memory and console ourselves with memory. — Laurent Binet

It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for. — Mahatma Gandhi

When sitting down to write a letter, it always pays to calm one's mood, collect one's thoughts, and have a plan. — Fennel Hudson

A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, as we would say, shallow. While it retains its visibility, it loses its quality of rising into sight from some darker ground which must remain hidden if it is not to lose its depth in a very real, non-subjective sense. — Hannah Arendt

Let me be clear that I never offered House Astor an insult ... Nor did I insult Reginald. I simply described him in accurate terms. If he finds himself insulted by the truth, it's hardly my concern. — Jim Butcher

I always had this dream to make a solo record. I told my mom when I was 7 years old, but I just ended up being in bands. I'm a free spirit. I follow my heart, and it's led me to where I am. — Fergie

Vogons are not above a little bribery and corruption in the same way that the sea is not above the clouds, — Douglas Adams

He turned his head and caught her with his eyes. She froze, locked by the intensity of his stare. His eyes were stark and cold, the concentrated green of pale jade. Outlined in smudged black kohl, those eyes focused on her, unblinking through the feathery strands of his jet black hair, and it was like being watched through a cage by a complacent and calculating cat.
Discomfort welled in her, thick and black as an oil spring. Who was this guy and what was his royal problem? Her gaze flicked briefly to the small metal loop that hugged one corner of his bottom lip.
He blinked once, then slowly lifted one hand and crooked a beckoning finger at her. Isobel hesitated but then as though spellbound to obey, she found herself leaning in.
"What are you staring at?" he whispered. — Kelly Creagh

He excels in giving irrelevant information. — Thomas Merton

When I finish a job, I surrender it completely. I have to, because after that, it really is out of my hands. — Jodhi May

Absolute alterity, as long as it remains absolute, cannot be apprehended at all; there is, effectively, no such thing. — Derek Attridge

People judge you by the way you play in the playoffs. — Jaromir Jagr

Millions of stars overhead make the violence of the Big Bang clear. So much force that matter is still sprinting away from the center. I — Samantha Hunt

You're monopolizing the bride," Emmett said, coming up behind Edward's shoulder. "Let me dance with my little sister. This could be my last chance to make her blush. — Stephenie Meyer