Cryptically Def Quotes & Sayings

I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard — Sepp Blatter

Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes! — Joan Of Arc

In the final seconds before sleep, I wish I could go back and undo everything, give those little girls another chance. — Emily Giffin

We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education. — Wendy Kopp

There's something here that I simply will not let myself look at. — Doris Lessing

I've become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it's difficult to tame the beast in oneself. — Ivan Turgenev

The Captain swallowed his capsules and lay down in the dark with pleasant anticipation. This quantity of the drug gave him a unique and voluptuous sensation; it was as though a great dark bird alighted on his chest, looked at him once with fierce, golden eyes, and stealthily enfolded him in his dark wings. — Carson McCullers

The Challenge is to pry Bertie loose from Dain and his circle of oafish dengenerates," Jessica said severely.
"It would be far more profitable to pry Dain loose for yourself," said her grandmother. "He is very wealthy, his lineage is excellent, he is young, strong, and healthy, and you feel a powerful attraction."
"He isn't husband material."
"What I have described is perfect husband material." said her grandmother.
"I don't want a husband."
"Jessica, no woman does who can regard men objectively. And you have always been magnificently objective. — Loretta Chase