Courants Litteraires Quotes & Sayings

Alas, for our foolish human nature! Its fond mistakes are persistent. The dictates of reason take a long time to assert their sway. — Rabindranath Tagore

With every step I took away from her, the movement at my heart and between my legs grew more defined: I felt like a ventriloquist, locking his protesting dolls in to a trunk. — Sarah Waters

He and his brothers were heroes at heart - even if they were all bad boy on the outside — Anne Marsh

Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence. — James Dobson

I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

It was just too easy to say that adults did not like stories that were simple, and perhaps that was wrong. Perhaps that was what adults really wanted, searched for and rarely found: a simple story in which good triumphs against cynicism and dispair. That was what she wanted, but she was aware of the fact that one did not publicise the fact too widely, certainly not in sophisticated circles. Such circles wanted complexity, dysfunction and irony: there was no room for joy, celebration or pathos. But where was the FUN in that? — Alexander McCall Smith

You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247. — Reggie Jackson