Briary Quotes & Sayings

Free speech is one of our fundamental principles and it's pretty hard to speak freely when people are yelling at you when it's your turn. That would never be allowed in a classroom or in any other kind of meeting. — Jack Layton

I look over at Andie. "Please don't tell me she's going to touch chicken poop."
Andie's face is totally impassive. "Nope."
"Phew. That's a relief." ...
"She is going to touch their eggs, though."
... "Then she is going to touch their poop."
She laughs, sounding confused. "How so?" She takes a sip of her drink as she waits to be educated by me.
I cringe. "Ew, Andie. Because the eggs come from their butts, of course."
Andie laughs so hard she spits coffee out at me ... "You've got to be kidding me." She wipes tears away. "Oh, man, Candice, I sure have missed you."
I frown at her obvious ignorance of all things chicken. "I missed you too. But why are you laughing over simple scientific facts? Google is your friend, you know, Andie. You really shouldn't neglect your Googling. — Elle Casey

Schultes was a naive photographer. For him a beautiful image was one of something beautiful. — Wade Davis

He had never missed God or the hope of heaven, but he had dearly wanted confession to rest his mind, Communion to let him touch something beyond Father Krone's dry, shaky hand, and holy water to taste like starlight. — Peter S. Beagle

The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it — Aneurin Bevan

Over the ten years since she'd been born, the trees of Briary Swamp, West Virginia, had peered through May's window night after night. They had watched over her thoughtful brown eyes, the imaginative crook of her head, the strong character of her knobby knees. The trees had laughed at the jokes May told her cat. Their leaves had whispered over her wild inventions, her colorful stories, her drawings. — Jodi Lynn Anderson

One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit. — Gary Bauer

When I touch a human hand, I touch heaven. — Nicolas Malebranche

The noise distorts the truth but we can break through, we need to base our foundation upon the Rock. — Eric Samuel Timm

She needed to say something sexy and romantic with a mere hint of her vast intelligence. Something that would entice him into bed.
But what came out was, "I wanna fuck."
-Miki Kendrick — Shelly Laurenston

Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and then they scrub it off. — Banksy

Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. — Audre Lorde

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (8:32) — The Gospel According To John

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand. — Alphonso Jackson

All around the castle, a briary hedge began to grow, with thorns as sharp as barbs. — Jane Yolen