Brunnquell Stephen Quotes & Sayings

The hem of a sheer curtain brushed a windowsill. Faintly, I heard traffic singing on the street. Sitting there on the edge of her bed, it felt like the waking-up moment between dream and daylight where everything merged and mingled just as it was about to change, all in the same, fluid, euphoric slide — Donna Tartt

Pea was aware suddenly of how fragile her heart was, how much darkness was inside it, fighting, always, with the light. She did not like the rat. She would neverlike the rat, but she knew what she must do to save her own heart. — Kate DiCamillo

In photos, I don't know who the real me is - it's all pretend, just pretend. There's not much of myself in my work. If I'm looking in the mirror and I'm working, I'm looking at my make-up and my hair. It's not the same as looking at myself. — Linda Evangelista

Intellectually, human beings and animals may be different, but it's pretty obvious that animals have a rich emotional life and that they feel joy and pain. It's easy to forget the connection between a hamburger and the cow it came from. But I forced myself to acknowledge the fact that every time I ate a hamburger, a cow had ceased to breathe — Moby

Whatever you didn't plan for, that's what's going to happen. — Rachel Aukes

I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature. — David Duchovny

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here. — Jim Henson

What is the most generous thing to do in this case? — Isabel Allende

If you're conscientiously seeking approval, you're not being true to yourself. — Tomas Kalnoky

We could solve all our problems if only we were the efficient, rational human beings of standard economic theory and had politicians willing to think in the long-term interest of their people rather than their own. — Jeremy Grantham

We can heal ourselves by changing the environment inside our bodies. Potentially harmful invaders, then, will have nowhere to grow and will become harmless. — Robert O. Young

Inspiring others to do better work is the accomplishment of a leader. — John C. Maxwell

I don't understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I'm at some feet, and lucky to be there. — Andrew Solomon