Candlewick Quotes & Sayings

When you're elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn't say, 'Unless it's politically uncomfortable.' — Chellie Pingree

Doing the right thing isn't always easy - in fact, sometimes it's real hard - but just remember that doing the right thing is always right. — David Cottrell

No more'n four to a boat!" Hagrid called, pointing to a fleet of little boats sitting in the water by the shore. Harry and Ron were followed into their boat by Neville and Hermione. — J.K. Rowling

I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start. — Ina Garten

Reduce your dependence on 'luck' by creating opportunities. — Matshona Dhliwayo

There is no effective difference between guessing a variable that is not random, but for which information is partial or deficient ( ... ), and a random one ( ... ). In this sense, guessing (what I don't know, but what someone else may know) and predicting (what has not taken place yet) are the same thing. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I have a knack of hoping, which is as good as an estate ... — George Eliot

She reached toward the chessboard, and he caught her hand in his. "Believe me," he whispered. "When I wish to be, I can be very convincing." He followed the seam of her fingers with this thumb, tracing slowly upward until he reached the soft cleft below her knuckles. He watched as her eyes widened and her lips parted. Then he stroked the spot lightly - a quick, circular caress - and she made a little sound, half gasp and half sigh. That little sound - that tiny, panting breath - was very nearly his undoing. Jeremy knew that sound. It was the tumbler of a lock falling in place, the charged crackle between lightning and thunderbolt, the hiss of a candlewick the instant before it comes alive with flame. An incomplete sound. A sound that promised - and begged for - more. — Tessa Dare

The hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours. Against the blue candlewick bedspread the white pages of my open book, illuminated by a circle of lamplight, were the gateway to another world. — Diane Setterfield

Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions. — Adam Osborne

Averse alike to flatter, or offend;
Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend. — Alexander Pope

I don't trust people. The good part is, i don't really have to. I've surrendered my faith to the Higher power, and it's unconditional love for me. Who am i to question it's motives? Even if there are things i can't understand. This is why there's no need to trust people - if they are on my path, it means they are good for me. — Aleksandra Ninkovic

They are not people
they are ideas. They are just extensions of the enemy. — Neal Shusterman

When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15. — Johnny Winter

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. — Voltaire