Charvet Slippers Quotes & Sayings

For me, architecture is a social act, — David Adjaye

Though it's hard to concentrate on the idea of a future. She's too immersed in the present: — Margaret Atwood

That which one fears, one typically won't embrace with open arms. — Morgan Rhodes

All good looks are a snare. They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in. — Oscar Wilde

Leeches should be kept a day before applying them. They should be squeezed to make them eject the contents of their stomachs. — Avicenna

If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars. — Rabindranath Tagore

Kissing Amber was like falling into the sea: Her body surrendered to the pull of the tide, buoyed by the saltwater, every breath tasting like the ocean. Reese lost all sense of where the surface was. All there was, was this. Amber's lips, her tongue, her hands stroking back Reese's hair, curling around her head and holding her steady. If their first kiss had been a bit awkward, that was gone now. — Malinda Lo

There's something about having a badge that just makes you feel so official. — Gloria Reuben

Nashville is a boys' club of redneck conservative ideas. But they're ready to embrace gay people. I never felt for one second that someone was judging me. Some people are like, 'Oh, I love gay people' in that 'I have lots of black friends' kind of way. It's awkward, but you have to appreciate that they're trying. — Shane McAnally

Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and now, creatures of body and soul. We do not "follow the footsteps of his most holy life" by the exercise of a trained religious imagination, but by treading the firm, rough earth, up hill and down dale. — Evelyn Underhill

Stupid things like that which I never took into consideration - that I never thought about before like "Oh, maybe I'm hindering my singing by drinking all this amount before I go on stage. Maybe it's making me not project my voice properly." — Ladyhawke

Writing, for all that it's harder than nursing ever was, is also more joyous and more fun and a lot less dangerous. And the major themes of my life have become the major themes of my writing, too - so it has all worked out pretty well. — Holly Lisle

The unmarried woman seldom escapes a widowhood of the spirit. There is sure to be some one, parent, brother, sister, friend, more comfortable to her than the day, with whom her life is so entwined that the wrench of parting leaves a torn void never entirely healed or filled ... — Charlotte Mary Yonge

I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started writing bits for other people's shows. You wheedle your way in, write pilots and eventually you end up writing a sitcom. — Sharon Horgan