College Times Leaving Cert Quotes & Sayings

Irish Tale Anonymous The Singing Bone hums when a blood memory rises up from the past. There has been no narrative, no discussion of the event that is recalled. It is as simple as a chin passed through the generations, but more revealing and dangerous to the descendent. The singing bone lies amongst the tiny bones of the middle ear. It is a very rare and special event when it is touched. — William E. Kennedy

I've never written the things I'd like to write that I've admired all my life. Maybe one never does. — Elizabeth Bishop

David gave me the Hope Diamond gaze.
"Will you be mine forever?" The words escaped my lips. — Nely Cab

Sturmhond had a way of talking that made me want to shoot someone. Preferably him. — Leigh Bardugo

Grief is like a physical pain which must be allowed to subside somewhat on its own before medical treatment is applied. — Plutarch

Because it is a 'use it or lose it' brain, when we develop a map area [in the brain], we long to keep it activated. Just as our muscles become impatient for exercise if we've been sitting all day ... — Norman Doidge

Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around. — Tony Hsieh

If I had the flag that Betsy Ross worked so hard on, I wouldn't destroy it. I'd put it up on EBay because it's gotta be worth some serious coin. And that is the American way. — Paul Provenza

A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness; not that these things are of much earthly value, but at least they may keep you amused when the world is keeping you locked away or shutting you out. — Michael Leunig