Brigade Of Gurkhas Quotes & Sayings

Her dad brought his hands together and popped a knuckle.
"Trevor," Frances said soothingly, rubbing her hand on his back. But she was looking hard at me over her glasses, telling me upstanding citizens did not act this way.
When we were kids, that look from Frances could make Lori and her brother behave, and sometimes even my brothers, but I never seemed to get the message.
"I saw you coming out of the woods," Lori's dad shouted at me. "Together!"
"We weren't rolling in the leaves or anything. Look, no evidence." I put my other hand on Lori's other shoulder and turned her around backward, hoping against hope
she didn't have scratches from the tree on her bare back, or bark on her butt.
"Get your hands off my daughter. — Jennifer Echols

And if somehow Marc was serious, I knew that by the time our engagement was announced, I'd be an expert at celebrating. After all, practice makes perfect, and who else had this much practice? — Hilary Grossman

Instead of a dedicated room, my best trigger is the actual habit of reading over the texts from the day before. Marking. Changing. Fussing. This ritual amounts to a habit of trust. Trust that I can make it better. That if I keep trying, I will come closer to something true. — Mona Simpson

Like the rest of the devout, he was incapable of understanding that the Holy One's face is never turned away but constantly looks down on all creatures with a beneficence that they are too busy apologizing for their unworthiness and performing their good works and assuring Heaven of their unfailing devotion to notice. — Frederick Buechner

Anger is a shield for the power of the sword's magic, so that helped. — Terry Goodkind

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched. — Erika Slezak

Man not only survives and functions in his environment, he shapes it and he is shaped by it. — Rene Dubos

1. "It is what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us"
2. (regarding friends) "cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest"
3. "oysters are a lot like women. It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and gives us our beauty — Beth Hoffman

Fleeing the premises?" Detective Canavan echos sarcastically. "Have you been watching Castle again?"
"It's a reasonable question," I say. "And Castle's a very good show. — Meg Cabot

The way we behave, our views and outlooks really have their sources some place. They come from somewhere. Sometimes we don't even know what they are, and yet they're very powerful in our lives. — Kim Edwards

In my headphones, I led a life of romance and incident and intrigue, none of which had anything to do with the world outside my Walkman. — Rob Sheffield

The shorter the visit, the quicker you'll be invited back. — C.J. Langenhoven

Its focus wasn't on the written word but how the word was written. — Neville Brody

Instead, the polling business gives the patricians an idea of what the mob is thinking, and of how that thinking might be changed or, shall we say, "shaped." It is the essential weapon in the mastery of populism by the elite. — Christopher Hitchens

Every step you take is pre-planned by your mind; so never forget to plan your mind. — Debasish Mridha