Convento Quotes & Sayings

Far be it from me to insult the pun! I honor it in proportion to its merits; nothing more. All the most august, the most sublime, the most charming of humanity, and perhaps outside of humanity, have made puns. — Victor Hugo

If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind. — Harvey MacKay

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. — William Shakespeare

All things serve the beam — Stephen King

I like your manly bravado," she said. "Do it some more. — Patrick Rothfuss

forgive myself; and ask them for forgiveness. More important, I had to see the best in them, no matter what they chose for themselves. — Iyanla Vanzant

Do people have an idea of who they think I am? Yes, and that's fine with me. My music will speak for itself. — Jamie Lynn Spears

I wish I could describe what it feels like to have thousands of people listening to your every word, how easy it is to please them, to get that applause and to hear them out there screaming for you. It's like being in control of one big ocean and you can calm it down or make it roar. — Fannie Flagg

Ana had experienced reactions like Ramon's in the mirrored salons of Sevilla society, in the waxed halls of the Convento de las Buenas Madres, on the streets of Cadiz and San Juan. It was a look that said, "I see you, but I deign not to speak to you." It said, "I see you but I do not share the high opinion you have of yourself." It said, "I see you but you're not who I want to see." It said, "To me, you don't exist. — Esmeralda Santiago

You know, because of the lack of budget, we had to find neighborhoods where time had stopped - kind of stuck in the '50s. And no place had that better than Staten Island. — Jason Alexander

wanted to shout and lecture them, but she knew they would react poorly to such a chastisement, so instead she gave them her best verbal punch. "No." She smiled with all the tranquility she could muster. "I am filled with grave disappointment over your conduct, but I trust you - as I always have. I do hope you will act with greater wisdom next time, wisdom I know you possess. — K.M. Shea