Cities The Transcontinental Railroad Quotes & Sayings

Yeah. Good." I clear my throat. "So, this plan. It's kind of stupid, right?"
"It's not ... stupid."
"Oh, come on. Trusting Marcus is stupid. Trying to get past the Dauntless at the fence is stupid. Going against the Dauntless and factionless is stupid. All three combined is ... a different kind of stupid formerly unheard of by humankind."
"Unfortunately it's also the best plan we have," she points out. "If we want everyone to know the truth. — Veronica Roth

When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air. — Evan Osnos

Stop asking yourself questions that have no meaning. Or if they have, you'll find out when you need to
find out both the questions and the answers. — Thomas Merton

Let quietness instruct you. — Bryant McGill

No one knows their ultimate ceiling for achievement, so worrying about it is a waste of time. — Gary Keller

All generalizations are questionable. — Sandor Schuman

Novelist time is reptile time; novelists tend to be ruminant and brooding, nursers of ancient grievances, second-guessers, Tuesday afternoon quarterbacks, retrospectators, endlessly, like slumping hitters, studying the film of their old whiffs. — Michael Chabon

It just wasn't fair. God made some people naturally skinny and some people naturally fat. I'd never know how my life would have been different if I'd been one of the ones He made skinny. I didn't know how He chose. This one will be blonde, with long thin legs and great skin. This one will be short and fat with legs that rub together when she walks. I just knew I wasn't one of the lucky ones. — Donna Cooner

Jon gave Simon a patronizing pat on the shoulder. "I'm going to miss your witty repartee this summer, Lewis."
"I'm going to hope you get eaten by a spider demon this summer, Cartwright."
George slipped an arm around both of them, grinning maniacally and humming "Can You Feel the Love Tonight? — Cassandra Clare

There's a lot of real unity - and a lot fake unity, sadly. I think a lot of people are going to get an opportunity to pursue greatness and pursue careers outside of D.C. Not everybody is going to make it. I think there's a connotation that there's a lack of rappers out there. — Wale

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. — Napoleon Bonaparte

It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving. — Lois Lowry

There is deep darkness before the dawn of light. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I can tell from the glint in her eyes that she's at least an acquaintance of Dorothy. — David Levithan

The shaman does not believe in a division between the body and the spirit or between the visible world of form and the invisible world of energy — Alberto Villoldo