Clavering Saddlery Quotes & Sayings

The ancient God created the old man, capable of erring
thus he erred himself. — Yevgeny Zamyatin

(on asparagus) Europeans of the Renaissance swore by it as an aphrodisiac, and the church banned it from nunneries. — Barbara Kingsolver

If I cannot retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knocking him down, if that is the only basis upon which he will respect me, then for the sake of his soul I have got occasionally to knock him down. — Woodrow Wilson

You didn't have to believe what you were saying; you just had to make others believe that you cared. — Julie Kagawa

It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer. — H.P. Lovecraft

I loved the way drink made me feel, and I loved it's special power of deflection, it's ability to shift my focus away from my own awareness of self and onto something else, something less painful than my own feelings. I loved the sounds of drink: the slide of a cork as it eased out of a wine bottle, the distinct glug-glug of booze pouring into a glass, the clatter of ice cubes in a tumbler. I loved the rituals, the camaraderie of drinking with others, the warming, melting feeling of ease and courage it gave me. — Caroline Knapp