Cognosvit Quotes & Sayings

What happened to your face?' he asked. 'When I was little, my grandmother was making candles and she had a big vat of hot beeswax in the backyard,' she said. 'I walked into the vat.' Usually that ended the conversation. 'I don't remember it,' she added. 'How old were you?' he asked. She tilted her face slightly, watching him. 'Ten months.' 'You were walking at ten months?' he asked. 'Not very well, apparently,' she said dryly. — Caragh M. O'Brien

It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself. — Lemony Snicket

He resented my worldview rather actively. — John Kennedy Toole

My mantra about everything that has to do with public policy is: identify and reject the false choice. — Kamala Harris

You should keep a copy of your tax return indefinitely, but you need to save supporting documents for only three years. — Suze Orman

From that point of view, I realized that my hole was not miles deep after all. My father, in fact, could stand on the bottom and it only reached up to his chest.
Darkness, you know, is relative. — Jodi Picoult

If you look at classic Hollywood films, they tend to shoot close-ups on quite long lenses and the background it out of focus. You know, it's just a mush. — Tom Hooper

You shouldn't let him hit you so much" observed saphira
"Yes I realize that'" he growled.
"Do you want me to knock him over for you?"
"No ... not today. — Christopher Paolini

Being a father, having an heir, seem to add an extra dimension to David. He had always been of vivid, animating presence in any room he entered. But now he would come from visiting the boy crackling with even greater energy and force. He had been engaged listener, ready to learn what any man might have to offer in discussion, but now there was an additional depth to his questions, a more far-reaching vision behind his decisions. He thought now beyond the span of years, and into a future that glistened ahead into centuries. It's one thing, I suppose, to have a prophet tell you that you will found a dynasty. Now, it seemed, he allowed himself to truly believe it. — Geraldine Brooks

I am not Abnegation. I am not Dauntless.
I am Divergent. And I can't be controlled. — Veronica Roth

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. — Jean De La Bruyere

Discerning placement of a comma does not atone for a spiritual coma. — Paramahansa Yogananda

It is a wise child that knows his own father.
[Lat., Nondum enim quisquam suum parentem ipse cognosvit.] — Homer

Wheresoe'er I am, - below, or else above you - Wheresoe'er you are, my heart shall truly love you. — Joshua Sylvester

I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights. — Lusia Strus