Bktrans Quotes & Sayings

19. - We have all sufficient strength to support the misfortunes of others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I set the timer. The silent countdown, with the not-so-silent alarm blast at the end of the twenty-minutes commenced. The ticking and tocking started its merciless countdown. — Jazz Feylynn

I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre. — Sarah Sutton

I was interested in writing a child's understanding of a cataclysmic event - something experienced in fragments, whispers, viewed from around corners - and it seemed to me a child would try to understand it through stories and games, which distort and change the experience, then become the experience. — Gregory Allen Howard

Then he said, "Christopher, you — Mark Haddon

It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred. — Seneca The Younger

Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there's music in the air there. — Bruno Mars

My subject matter was a genuine sort of experience that came out of my life, particularly the American world in which I was privileged to be ... I would really think of the bakery counters, of the way the counter was lit, where the pies were placed, but I wanted just a piece of the experience. From when I worked in restaurants ... [it was] always poetic to me. — Wayne Thiebaud

Art that arises out of the inner landscape, and is connected to our lived experience, illuminates the darkness and heals the soul. — Daria Halprin

He who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith, retains eternal youth. — Soren Kierkegaard