Crossslanted Quotes & Sayings

She sits quite still, her possessions gathered into her hand for dismounting. She is looking ahead, to where the road curves on and away, crossslanted with shadows. — William Faulkner

If our hard-earned liberty, our desire to be irreverent of the old and to question the new, can be reduced to one, basic and indispensable right, it must be the right to free speech. — Maajid Nawaz

Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent. — Phil Donahue

It is always easier to deny reality than to allow our worldview to be shattered, a fact that was as true of die-hard Stalinists at the height of the purges as it is of libertarian climate change deniers today. — Naomi Klein

What colour are your eyes?
Olly (O): blue
Madeline (M): Be more specific please
O: jesus. girls. ocean blue
M: Atlantic or Pacific
O: atlantic. What colour are yours?
M: Chocolate brown.
O: More specific please
M: 75% cacao butter, dark chocolate brown
O: hehe. nice — Nicola Yoon

Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence. — Aimee Mullins

nothing furnishes a room like books — Terry Fallis

I study these things.I'm an academic.I don't get tangled up in trivial matters of the heart. — Lauren Kate

Quit that chatter you block head and do my bidding. — Charlotte Bronte

Baby, this is why we came here," Curt breathed into her mouth. "It's romantic." He turned her, one hand on her — Tim Lebbon

Didn't use a condom," he says with genuine regret in his eyes. "I'm sorry, I got so carried away. You're on birth control, right? — Jodi Ellen Malpas

Most people keep their dreams to themselves, afraid to follow their hearts. Writers make their dreams a reality with each word, each line that flows from their pen. — C.K. Webb

There's no one with intelligence in this town except that man over there playing with the children, the one riding the stick horse. He has keen, fiery insight and vast dignity like the night sky, but he conceals it in the madness of child's play. — Rumi