Bookworms Clip Quotes & Sayings

How about peaches, dear? murmurs Madame Manec, and Marie-Laure can hear a can opening, juice slopping into a bowl. Seconds later, she's eating wedges of wet sunlight. — Anthony Doerr

The civilian wants to respect what the veteran has gone through. The veteran wants to protect memories that are painful and sacred to him from outside judgment. — Phil Klay

Germany was the centerpiece in Western and Eastern Europe in both wars. — Anonymous

It has become a fashion to declare a package after every crisis. The time has come to pack those who keep giving these packages that don't reach the farmers. — Narendra Modi

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint! — Hannah More

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation. — Steven Pressfield

Evangelicals are experts at adopting heroes, since their community produces so few with both moral standing and intellectual firepower. — Frank Schaeffer

My date the next night brought a sock puppet with him. A. Sock. Puppet. And he talked to me with it" ...
"It completely freaked me out," Kalani continued. "I made it through drinks and that was more than enough. I told the guy it was a good thing he had one good hand left because if this was his usual MO for dates, he was going to need it. — Robin Bielman

As long as you have a book, you are never truly alone. — Sunny Wolfe

I have never waited for anything the way I've waited for today, when nothing will happen. — Marguerite Duras

Many people seek fame outside the home without ever realizing how spectacularly famous they are in it. — Charles F. Glassman

I often wonder how many prayers flooded the gates of Heaven that day. How many Christians, or otherwise, called on the Lord? How many Jews looked for the Almighty? How many others called, by whatever name, on the one true God? How many nonbelievers, if only for a moment, and if only to ask how this could happen, believed in Him and called on His name: "Jesus"? — Leslie Haskin

Basically, high protein, low carb. I work out three to four times a week. I definitely don't do the same thing every day, whether it be spinning or hiking or walking or doing the treadmill. I try to do something different every day. But definitely the one thing is, I sweat. — Molly Sims

But the thing about a cry for help is that someone else needs to be around to hear it. — David Levithan