Brydie Jacobus Quotes & Sayings

We look on those approaching the banks of a river all must cross, with ten times the interest they excited when dancing in the meadow. — Hester Lynch Piozzi

Although I am cursed by dreams, I still cannot stop myself sleeping. I drop into darkness every night and dream that Richard has come to me, laughing. He tells me that the battle went his way and we are to be married. He holds my hands as I protest that they came and told me that Henry had won, and he kisses me and calls me a fool, a little darling fool. I wake believing it to be true, and feel a sudden sick realization when I look at the walls of the second-best bedroom, and Cecily sharing my bed, and remember that my love lies dead and cold in an unmarked grave, while his country sweats in the heat. My — Philippa Gregory

You marry them,' Blue Hijab said, 'hoping they'll change, and grow. And they marry us, hoping that we won't. — Gregory David Roberts

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age. — Dorothy L. Sayers

Fate succombs many a species. One alone jeopardizes itself. — W. H. Auden

You killed Rice Wheeler," he said, "the Panhandle gunman. "He should have stayed in the Panhandle," I said. — Louis L'Amour

I think it's terribly difficult to take sex seriously if you've got a sense of humor. — Charlotte Bingham

The spirit of Mayfair beats in the soul of dandies and dandizettes everywhere. — Tyne O'Connell

Your windows are closed, your doors are closed! Open your windows, open your doors! Let the air and sunshine enter inside, let the ideas flow into you, let the thoughts flock into your mind! Take, so that you can give! — Mehmet Murat Ildan