Brincat Ivan Quotes & Sayings

Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder. — Octave Mirbeau

An elegant woman, with a refinement that makes mere prettiness seem redundant. — Hilary Mantel

I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear - Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round Africa with people from our intelligence services trying to press them. I had to make sure that we didn't promise a misuse of aid in a way that would be illegal. — Clare Short

The Founders' armor had resisted every attempt by others to force them open; the Senate had been designed as the "firm" body; it had become too firm - too firm to allow the reforms the Republic needed. Never had the dam been more firm than during the last decade, the decade since the conservative coalition had learned its strength. During that decade, despite the mandate of three presidential elections, it had stood across and blocked the rising demand for social justice, had stood so solidly that it seemed too strong ever to be breached. In January, 1949, when Lyndon Johnson arrived in it, it was still standing. — Robert A. Caro

O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealing teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! — William Shakespeare

I thought: Just one step. One step at a time. You don't have to do them all at once. — Jennifer Niven

She needed to hear the reminder, the reminder that there was more to this life than her heart. Even if it could never be mended completely. She had her soul. She had the Hereafter. She had her faith. — Umm Zakiyyah

Red-heeled shoes and silk stockings clocked in black. Gray satin breeches with silver knee buckles. Snowy linen, with Brussels lace six inches deep at cuff and jabot. The coat, a masterpiece in heavy gray with blue satin cuffs and crested silver buttons, hung behind the door, awaiting its turn. — Diana Gabaldon

This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you. — Kate Millett

I'm gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me ... your great grandkids will say "wow, wasn't that a bizarre individual?" — Mike Tyson

We can never really know, except in hindsight, how prayers will be answered. — Lisa Wingate

Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean ... Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean. — Vladimir Putin

Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty. — Bertrand Russell

There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender. — John Ortberg