Chastenenth Quotes & Sayings

The silence between them was dark water. He could not cross it. He couldn't walk the line between the decency she deserved and the violence this path demanded. If he tried, it might get them both killed. He could only be who he truly was--a boy who had no comfort to offer. So he would give her what he could. — Leigh Bardugo

I grew up in those years when the Old West was passing and the New West was emerging. It was a time when we still heard echoes and already saw shadows, on moonlit nights when the coyotes yapped on the hilltops, and on hot summer afternoons when mirages shimmered, dust devils spun across the flats, and towering cumulus clouds sailed like galleons across the vast blueness of the sky. Echoes of remembrance of what men once did there, and visions of what they would do together. — Hal Borland

I feel like the rest of the male body makes a lot of sense. And then ... balls. — Penny Reid

I like being talked about. I think some people really don't ... because they're secure enough and they don't need that. — Elaine Stritch

It is a woman, and only a woman, - a woman all by herself, if she likes, and without any man to help her, - who can turn a house into a home. — Frances Power Cobbe

Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired. — Winston Churchill

The mariner will have dominion over the atmosphere and the great deep, over the fish of the sea and the fowls of the air. — Mary Baker Eddy

I daresay people have liked murderers," said Tuppence very reasonably. "It's like swindlers and confidence tricksmen who always look so honest and seem so honest. I daresay murderers all seem very nice and particularly softhearted. That sort of thing. — Agatha Christie

If it makes us better, do it forever. — Toba Beta

He smiles now, in spite of everything." She hesitated and dropped her voice. "He smiles at you. — Jodi Meadows

Yes it is,' said the Professor. 'Wait - ' he motioned to Richard, who was about to go out again and investigate - 'let it be. It won't be long.'
Richard stared in disbelief. 'You say there's a horse in your bathroom, and all you can do is stand there naming Beatles songs?'
The Professor looked blankly at him. — Douglas Adams

Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species. — Prince Philip

In our old age my beloved companion said to me quietly one evening, You have always given me wings to fly, and I have loved you for it. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Cocooning is about insulation and avoidance, peace and protection, coziness and control - a sort of hyper-nesting. — Faith Popcorn

If God permits virtue to be persecuted on earth, it is not for us to question his intentions. It may be that his rewards are held over for another life, for is it not true as written in Holy Scripture that the Lord chastenenth only the righteous! And after all, is not virtue it's own reward? — Marquis De Sade

I invited a few people to help celebrate your birthday," Cameron said sheepishly. She threw up her hands. "Surprise."
"We sort of come with the package," Collin explained. "Think of it as a collective gift from all of us to you: five bona fide annoying and overly intrusive new best friends."
"It's the gift that keeps on giving," Wilkins said.
Jack grinned. "I'm touched. Really. And since it appears I'm going to be moving in, let me be the first to say that all of you are always welcome at my and Cameron's house. Subject to a minimum of forty-eight hours prior notification. — Julie James