Calvos House Quotes & Sayings

Many experiments have shown that readers understand and remember material far better when it is expressed in concrete language that allows them to form visual images, — Steven Pinker

Blaming and punishing others are superficial expressions of anger. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

A perfect wife is one who doesn't expect a perfect husband. — Habeeb Akande

Noses to the wind, we inhaled a farrago of scents: charcoal and jasmine, rotting fruit and eucalyptus, gasoline and ammonia, a swirling belch from the city's poorly irrigated gut. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

When there is little you can do, you do what you can. — Padma Lakshmi

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come. — Jodi Picoult

Some people can handle alcohol. You know who you are. Some people can't handle alcohol. The police know who you are. — Gabriel Iglesias

That's the nature of a fat man, Ce'Nedra." He sighed. "The last meal is history. It's the next one that's important. — David Eddings

Eve: "Keep your mind off sex"
Roake: "Why? It's so happy there. — J.D. Robb

I think when people see that you are shy, or even just calm, collected and reserved, they think you can be pushed around, made to do everything they want - but that's definitely not true of me. The people closest to me know that's not the case. They know I'm not a pushover. — Leona Lewis

If a man loves a woman for her beauty, does he love her? No; for the smallpox, which destroys her beauty without killing her, causes his love to cease. And if any one loves me for my judgment or my memory, does he really love me? No; for I can lose these qualities without ceasing to be. — Blaise Pascal

The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. In the street a siren howled. — Ralph Ellison