Davonna Finley Quotes & Sayings

All he did all afternoon was calculate again and again how many hours of study time he was losing. Thinking about it now, he felt stupid, as we all do when we remember all the time we waste wishing we were somewhere else. — Paolo Giordano

If I died right now, my life would be complete. — Tony Stewart

He was one of the fortunate few for whom there simply was no discernible line between work and play, between creation and recreation. — George F. Will

Climb the ladder only if it takes you to somewhere high! Some ascents may descend you to low places! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Psychopaths have a grandiose self-structure which demands a scornful and detached devaluation of others, in order to ward off their envy toward the good perceived in other people. He will choose you, disarm you with his words, and control you with his presence. He will delight you with his wit and his plans. He will show you a good time but you will always get the bill. He will smile and deceive you, and he will scare you with his eyes. And when he is through with you, and he will be through with you, he will desert you and take with him your innocence and your pride. — Robert D. Hare

I think in many ways the problem that my writing would have with an American reviewer is that Americans find difficulty very hard to take. They are inevitably looking for a happy ending. — Jamaica Kincaid

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. — Henry Ward Beecher

We queers of Revelation hill ... died of the greed of power, because we were expendable. If you mean to visit any of us, it had better be to make you strong to fight that power. Take your languor and easy tears somewhere else. Above all, don't pretty us up. Tell yourself: None of this ever had to happen. And then go make it stop, with whatever breath you have left. Grief is a sword, or it is nothing. — Paul Monette

As a kid I was goofy and creative and sensitive. I like to think I'm all of those now too - just with wrinkles. — Sarah Weeks

Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up — Dalai Lama