Berthelina Quotes & Sayings

She'd lost her fury, somewhere, as they'd talked. She didn't feel it anymore. She wished she did, because she preferred it to the emptiness that had settled in its place. — Kristin Cashore

The pursuit of knowing was freedom to me, the right to declare your own curiosities and follow them through all manner of books. I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people's interests. The library was open, unending, free. Slowly, I was discovering myself. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

But spectacular lies don't need to be perfect. They rely less on the liar's skill than on the listener's expectations and wishes. After Mark's dishonesty was exposed, I understood how much I wised that what he had told me had been true. — Siri Hustvedt

Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle. — Henri Rousseau

War is the plague of mankind; I am and remain in solidarity with eternal peace. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

No relationship is perfect so just find the right one to go through hell and heaven with. — Mark Patterson

I've always tried out my material on my dogs first. Years ago, when my red setter chewed up the manuscript of 'Of Mice and Men,' I said at the time that the dog must have been an excellent literary critic. — John Steinbeck