Carrine Porter Quotes & Sayings

Peter," Ashley asked softly, "Do you know what that was?"
"Of course," Peter said, much affronted. "A thimble."
"No," said Ashley, staring, "That was a kiss."
"Didn't it strike you as a little different from other thimbles you've had in the past?"
Peter looked shifty. "Well, yes."
"Ha!"
"It was my first thimble with tongue." Peter told her with dignity. — Sarah Rees Brennan

There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent. — Laozi

Queegqueg no care what god made him shark ... wedder Fejee god or Nantucket god; but de god what made him shark must be one dam Ingin. — Herman Melville

The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union. — Jose Manuel Barroso

Habit is a great deadener. — Samuel Beckett

It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world, as well as having higher aims, and that those who adopt a sensible attitude towards society and life as generally known can usually absorb Sufi teachings very well indeed — Idries Shah

Very few great artists feel the giant agony of the world. — Edith Hamilton

The fire of independence is burning just as bright in my breast as in the most fiery breast in this country, but ways and methods differ. — Mahatma Gandhi

The centre of the tragedy, therefore, may be said with equal truth to lie in action issuing from character, or in character issuing in action. — A. C. Bradley

I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way. — Andrew Motion

He felt . . . he didn't know how he felt, except stunned. Filled with joy and confusion and what felt like a flickering light, growing brighter by the second. He felt strong. He felt ready. He felt like his abs were still pretty much only a two-pack, but he supposed even a magic cup could get you only so far. — Cassandra Clare

Yes, forgetting can be a curse, especially as we age. But forgetting is also one of the more important things healthy brains do, almost as important as remembering. Think how quickly the sheer volume and multiplicity of sensory information we receive every waking minute would overwhelm our consciousness if we couldn't quickly forget a great deal more of it than we remember. — Michael Pollan

One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam. — Akhmad Kadyrov

God is usually on the side of big squadrons and against little ones. — Roger De Rabutin, Comte De Bussy

The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one — H.G.Wells