Chaunce Hayden Quotes & Sayings

I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon. — Haruki Murakami

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them. — Germaine Greer

Lividity is what happens to a person's blood after death. The heart stops, blood pressure collapses, liquid blood drains and sinks and settles into the lowest parts of the body under the simple force of gravity. It rests there and over a period of time it stains the skin liverish purple. Somewhere between three and six hours later the color fixes permanently, like a developed photograph. A guy who falls down dead on his back will have a pale chest and a purple back. Vice versa for a guy who falls down dead on his front. But Brubaker's lividity was all over the place. — Lee Child

I have a strange need to paint; if I don't paint I cry and get bad headaches. — Judith Ellen Levy

You are not too old
and it is not too late
to dive into your increasing depths
where life calmly gives out
it's own secret — Rainer Maria Rilke

Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame. — John Bevere

Lavender and rosemary should be cut in the morning, though, when the volatile oils had risen with the sun; it wasn't as potent if taken later in the day. — Diana Gabaldon

You will do yourself a disservice if you confine your reading to the rising star whose six-figure, two-book contract might seem to indicate where your own work should be heading. I'm not saying you shouldn't read such writers, some of whom are excellent and deserving of celebrity. I'm only pointing out that they represent the dot at the end of the long, glorious, complex sentence in which literature has been written. — Francine Prose

Man is an accident who yearns for necessity — Nigel Hems