Brownness Back Quotes & Sayings

I nestled into the nook of Mum's arm. Then lay on a cushion on her lap. I fell asleep like that. She's all bones and hard edges. She's never been comfortable, but she's always been there. — Nathan Filer

The secret is," I say, whispering right into his ear, "that yours was the best kiss I've ever had in my life."
"But I've never kissed you," he whispers back. Around us the rain sounds like falling glass. "Not since third grade, anyway."
I smile, but I'm not sure if he can see it.
"Better get started, then," I say, "because I don't have much time. — Lauren Oliver

Empty Spaces:
After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures. — Brian Andreas

I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier. — Napoleon Bonaparte

What a grand revenge you have taken! I saw you innocent, and I deceived you. Four years after, you find me a Christian enthusiast; you then work upon me, perhaps to my complete perdition! But Tess, my coz, as I used to call you, this is only my way of talking, and you must not look so horribly concerned. Of course you have done nothing except retain your pretty face and shapely figure. I saw it on the rick before you saw me - that tight pinafore-thing sets it off, and that wing-bonnet - you field-girls should never wear those bonnets if you wish to keep out of danger. — Thomas Hardy

I don't just want a man. I want an epic romance. — Abbi Glines

I'm an old-school guy. I don't try to be too flashy. — Dany Heatley

I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking. — Reba McEntire

Murder in a small town is always more than a paragraph in the local paper. In a place so insulated, where lives are so small and gone about so quietly, violent death hangs in the air - tinting everything crimson, weaving itself into the shimmering heat that rises off the winding asphalt roads at noon. It oozes from taps and runs through the gas pumps. It sits at the dinner table, murmuring in urgent low tones under the clinking of glassware. — Kat Rosenfield

I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns. — Ella Fitzgerald

From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society. — Nelson Mandela