Bibelots Larousse Quotes & Sayings

Within six months of starting my Ph.D. work in 1956, I had already obtained feeding tadpoles derived from transplanted nuclei of embryonic cells. — John Gurdon

Abdul rose with minimal whining, since the only whining his mother tolerated was her own. — Katherine Boo

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing to get out. — Louis L'Amour

There was a town, and there was a girl, and there was a theft. I was living in the town, and I was hired to investigate the theft, and I thought the girl had nothing to do with it. I was almost thirteen and I was wrong. I was wrong about all of it. I should have asked the question 'Why would somebody say something was stolen when it was never theirs in the first place?' Instead, I asked the wrong question - four wrong questions, more or less. — Lemony Snicket

Hahnji, mister, you must be patient. Before you can name that corner, our future must become past. — Rohinton Mistry