Ch23s Quotes & Sayings

There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is, how do we arm the other 11? — Nicolas Cage

Although as an individual Gao had readily denounced the Chinese authorities for the events of 4 June in the French and Italian media, he refused to compromise his integrity as a writer. His stance angered both political sides. — Gao Xingjian

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

We ask advice, but we mean approbation. — Charles Caleb Colton

A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas. — Hugh Bonneville

It must always be considered as though spoken by a character in a novel — Roland Barthes

Only the fire of life can melt the chains of death. — Rick Riordan

Most people live their life as if their justification depends on their sanctification: if I do and become all that I must do and become, God will love me and accept me. — Tullian Tchividjian

I'm not a religious person, so I'm not a hardcore fate fan but I guess it's got me thinking about that. I was very careful, though, not to link Jaye's stories always to that. — Caroline Dhavernas

Indeed, while Nature is wonderfully inventive of new structures, her conservatism in holding on to old ones is still more remarkable. In the ascending line of development she tries an experiment once exceedingly thorough, and then the question is solved for all time. For she always takes time enough to try the experiment exhaustively. It took ages to find how to build a spinal column or brain, but when the experiment was finished she had reason to be, and was, satisfied. — John M. Tyler