Checkthismate Quotes & Sayings

She closed her eyes and jumped. For a moment she felt herself hang suspended, free of everything. Then gravity took over, and she plunged toward the floor. Instinctively she pulled her arms and legs in, keeping her eyes squeezed shut. The cord pulled taut and she rebounded, flying back up before falling again. As her velocity slowed, she opened her eyes and found herself dangling at the end of the cord, about five feet above Jace. He was grinning.
'Nice', he said. 'As graceful as a falling snowflake. — Cassandra Clare

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana. — Julia Sawalha

There's a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world. — Tori Amos

The surest thing I took away from my BSW, MSW, and Ph.D. in social work is this: Connection is why we're here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering. I wanted to develop research that explained the anatomy of connection. — Brene Brown

I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them. — Yann Tiersen

Until I face the emptiness in my soul
and know this spirit within me,
I have not yet begun to live,
nor touched the face of God. — David W. Earle

There's no changing your mind about whom you love. That's part of the tough thing about being in love - it's sort of undeniable. — Piper Perabo

I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign. — Nick Hornby

The Muses inspire art and pretend not to notice when Mammon buys it. — Mason Cooley

I have a fabulous life. It is interesting and rigorous. I work hard. So leave me alone. Watch my dust. Shut up. — Mark Morris

No foteball player be used or suffered within the City of London and the liberties thereof upon pain of imprisonment. — Elizabeth I