Chilvers Atlantic Highlands Quotes & Sayings

like the airwaves were taking a little longer to get here, so we could live in yesterday a little longer, even if it felt wrong. — David Levithan

Patience's design flaw became obvious for the first time in my life: the outcome is decided not during the course of play but when the cards are shuffled, before the game even begins. How pointless is that? — David Mitchell

There's a difference between preferring books to parties and preferring sixteen cats to seeing the light of day. — Lauren Morrill

As much as they loved Negroes, Neroes didn't seem to love Michael and Anne. — Langston Hughes

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. — George Bernard Shaw

A great diving scene. Worth the read just for that:

"Randy! You have the best eyes for bubbles. Find my missing diver."
Paul leaned over the boat and yelled at the people waiting in the water. "Hey! Where's . . ." He examined the faces. It didn't take long to figure out who was missing. His heart spiraled to his feet.
"Oh, no, no, no!" He didn't hesitate to jump to action. He yelled out orders as he put his gear on in record time. "Get back on the boat. Now!"
"I see bubbles! Over there, 'bout fifteen meters," Randy called before anyone had a chance to do anything.
Paul stood on the back of the boat, all geared up and holding an extra tank with a regulator already attached. He looked to see where Randy pointed and took a giant stride into the water. He didn't bother to surface before starting the fastest descent he'd ever made. — S. Jackson Rivera

Gone! gone forever!-like a rushing wave
Another year has burst upon the shore
Of earthly being-and its last low tones,
Wandering in broken accents in the air,
Are dying to an echo. — George D. Prentice

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time. — Paul Gascoigne

When the power falls on me, it buzzes in the warm, dark spaces of my skull. It stings like nettles at the tips of my fingers. The power is a fever I have felt since early childhood, a heat in the blood that leaves me flushed and unsteady, dreaming in daylight. — Victoria Lamb

At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again. — Taylor Swift

Our government has failed us. From the billion-dollar bailouts to the 'stimulus' package that failed to stimulate to the government takeover of health care, you cried 'Stop!' ... but the Democratic Majority in Washington has refused to listen. — Kevin McCarthy

I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up. — Tracey Gold

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. — Mary Douglas

If I were going to put a price tag on my lady parts, I'd find a more appetizing buyer. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

On 'Morning Joe' I can say what I think, be my sometimes unorthodox self, have fun, yet be serious as well. — Mika Brzezinski