De Novo European Quotes & Sayings

To improve their sense of balance," Mr. Foster explained. "Doing repairs on the outside of a rocket in mid-air is a ticklish job. We slacken off the circulation when they're right way up, so that they're half starved, and double the flow of surrogate when they're upside down. They learn to associate topsy-turvydom with well-being; in fact, they're only truly happy when they're standing on their heads. — Aldous Huxley

There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness. — P.D. James

Just because you're named after jeans, doesn't mean you have to take it out on the rest of us with normal names. — J.J. McAvoy

The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life. — Alexander Pope

Everytime I say "sure" when I mean "no," everytime I smile brightly when I'm exploding with rage, every time I imagine my man's achievement is my own, I know the cheerleader never really died. I feel her shaking her ass inside me and I hear her breathless, girlish voice mutter "T-E-A-M, Yea, Team. — Louise Bernikow

Objectivity? I always have an objective. — Jessica Mitford

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life. — Paul C. Nagel

A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared — Jack Ramsay

It is easy to sympathize at a distance,' said an old gentleman with a beard. 'I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear. — E. M. Forster