Callus On Big Quotes & Sayings

The two families, sundered in the ruin of a friendship, were united again first in new friendship and then in mariage. My grandfather made a peace here that has joined many who would otherwise have been divided. I am the child of his forgiveness. — Wendell Berry

You can get anywhere in Pakistan if you know people, even into jail. — Salman Rushdie

A moral person is someone who accepts the consequences of their own morality, not those of others. — Jo Nesbo

No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady. — Keith Miller

There is no paradox. There is only irony. — Philip K. Jason

He is lying. That, or he didn't believe any of them to be innocent. It was as clear as day to Jon: the captain had just murdered a castle full of people and didn't care in the least. Jon turned and watched the flames lick the sky. Baltsaros had done this out of revenge. Searching inside himself for the horror and sadness that should have been there, Jon was astounded to find nothing. The captain had done this for him. And it felt glorious. — Bey Deckard

Social injustice is what puts Scotland at its greatest disadvantage, and restoring the 50p tax rate will start to fight that. — Johann Lamont

The sounds of the battle raging about them were lost to Hannay. All he could hear was the rush of blood in his ears. He felt his face burn. The sergeant remained motionless, but Hannay noticed that he had clenched his jaw in anticipation of the strike. The lower lid on his left eye twitched under the tension in his jaw muscles. — Martin Marais

A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to ... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness. — J.M.G. Le Clezio