Davanas Quotes & Sayings

Pg 623 When they were young, they had only their secrets to give one another:
Confessions were currency, and divulgences were a form of intimacy. — Hanya Yanagihara

Deny everything. Admit nothing. Demand proof — Shelly Laurenston

I can't stand his rejection again? Not when I need him so much. — Julie Ann Walker

People who shout so loud, my lords, do nothing; the only men I fear are silent men — Oscar Wilde

Live when you live! Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one's life! If one does not live in the right time, then one can never die at the right time. — Irvin D. Yalom

It's unfair."
As a rule, life is unfair," I said.
Yeah, but I think I did say some awful things."
To Dick?"
Yeah."
I pulled the car over to the shoulder of the road and turned off the ignition. "That's just stupid, that kind of thinking," I said, nailing her with my eyes. "Instead of regretting what you did, you could have treated him decently from the beginning. You could've tried to be fair. But you didn't. You don't even have the right to be sorry. — Haruki Murakami

(Regarding a twenty-questions game

Did you know that the Russian composer Aram Katchaturian described his 'Sabre Dance' as no more than a button on the shirt on the body of his work? No? You're not alone. Suppose my twenty-questions answer was that metaphorical button - would that be fair? — Stephen Minkin

When someone you loved finds no flattery in the gift you gave them then you must ask yourself, What was worth loving? — Shannon L. Alder

He hadn't done anything. He hadn't needed to. Just being there was enough. — Anthony Horowitz

By the time the seasons turned through four more reapings, he had been crowned king of Yudah. By the time I was counted a man, he had added the crown of the kingdom of Israel — Geraldine Brooks

The risk was spread across the globe from American state pension funds to public health networks in Australia and even to town councils beyond the Arctic Circle. In Norway, for example, the municipalities of Rana, Hemnes, Hattjelldal and Narvik invested some $120 million of their taxpayers' money in CDOs secured on American subprime mortgages. — Niall Ferguson

...he starts telling them about our day, embellishing it so that it almost sounds fun. It's how all good travel stories are born. Nightmares spun into punch lines. — Gayle Forman

The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam