Casquinha Bobs Quotes & Sayings

Life is mapped out by a series of choices and coincidences ... miracles and fate are figments of a dreamer's imagination. — Lisa De Jong

An atmosphere of sympathetic influence encircles every human being; and the man or woman who feels strongly, healthily and justly, on the great interests of humanity, is a constant benefactor to the human race. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be a public speaker because she has written a book? Writing is a very private business. I do not know any other occupation which requires so much privacy unless it is a life of prayer or a life of crime. — Corra May Harris

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. — Irwin Shaw

Not that food which entereth into the moth defileth a man, but the appetite with which it is eaten. It is neither the quality nor the quantity, but the devotion to sensual savors; when that which is eaten is not a viand to sustain our animal, or inspire our spiritual life, but food for the worms that possess us. — Henry David Thoreau

I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me. — Picabo Street

If he'd been able to he would have rolled out a rose-petal carpet at her feet. He would have liked to conduct an orchestra of birds to sing as rainbows appeared in the sky, one by one. — Jose Eduardo Agualusa

We shall create wonders that will make the world tremble. — Sarah J. Maas