Bengtsson Quotes & Sayings

If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are no longer the actors, but the spectators of the play. Or rather we are both. We watch ourselves, and the mere wonder of the spectacle enthralls us. In — Oscar Wilde

DNA to me was some sort of magical element, some glowing goo that was always getting people out of prison — Gillian Flynn

Being in the beauty industry has taught me that most of us are never satisfied with how we look. We all wish we had better hair, could lose that last 10 pounds, or look like someone else. I always see the beauty in the clients that have sat in my chair, and I've tried to help them see it, too, and feel good about themselves. — Tabatha Coffey

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years. — Henry Ward Beecher

Mulled ale for the frozen man,
And mulled ale for the weary:
For mulled ale is the body's friend
And makes the sick heart merry. — Frans G. Bengtsson

Orm always afterwards used to say that, after good luck, strength, and skill at arms, nothing was so useful to a man who found himself among foreigners as the ability to learn a language. — Frans G. Bengtsson

And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups. — Wendell Willkie

My brain goes very easily into the darkness. It always has. There are people who like to see what's under the rock and people who don't, and for some reason I've always been one of those to say, 'Hey, let's flip over that rock.' — Gillian Flynn

I heard word
Of bellied sailcloth,
Creak of oars,
And gold in Eastland.
Then I smelled
A smell remembered:
Salt of spray
And black-pitched boat's keel. — Frans G. Bengtsson

See, that illustrates the whole problem," Dieter said. "The best Shakespearean actress in the whole territory, and her favourite line of text is from Star Trek. — Emily St. John Mandel

God has challenged me to grow in my knowledge of Him but I have to CHOOSE whether or not to display this growth through my actions. — Lysa TerKeurst

You're incredible. I can feel your power and it's more than anything I ... Violet," he swallowed, watching me in awe. "It's like ... It's like you're as powerful as an angel."
-Lincoln — Jessica Shirvington

Question of "Where We Begin" turns to be not only a formal question but also a question central to the attempt to make sense of things about which it is very difficult to make any sense - illness, death, despair, suicides, cruelty, the various troubles love can provoke, our inability to really know one another when we our inner selves are walled off by our bodies. — Kyle Minor

A wise man, once he is past fifty, does not befuddle his senses with strong drink, nor make violent love in the cool spring night, nor dance on his hands. — Frans G. Bengtsson

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate. — Jessica Savitch