Deloras Quotes & Sayings

records the lives of ideas. People don't write it, time does. Human truth is just a nail that everybody hangs their hats on. — Svetlana Alexievich

When a bee stings, she dies. She cannot sting and live. When men sting, their better selves die. Every sting kills a better instinct. Men must not turn bees and kill themselves in stinging others. — Francis Bacon

No!" Vik screamed as he rummaged through the backpack while Syn ran at the rover. "Lemme out! Lemme out! I picked the wrong pack. I wanna be with the nonsuicidal bonebag!" He stuck his head out, then quickly vanished inside again. "For the record, Sheridan, you weren't this stupid when you were young."
-Vik — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible. — Abraham Lincoln

We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there. — Al Gore

And in the space he left behind, in the loss of him, she felt an actual physical pain in her belly. She'd lost a friend and she didn't have many of those. — Jenny Downham

Are you smirking at me, Mr. Grey? I ask sweetly. Pompous ass. — E.L. James

Even if Matt loved me for the rest of his life, and never so much as blinked in the direction of another woman, there'd still be pain in our past. Fear that we might let each other down again. — Aimee L. Salter

Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs. — Armando Iannucci

In America the chief accusation seems to be one of "Eroticism." This is odd, rather puzzling to my mind. Which Eros? Eros of the jaunty "amours," or Eros of the sacred mysteries? And if the latter, why accuse, why not respect, even venerate? — D.H. Lawrence

The most important gift anyone can give a girl is a belief in her own power as an individual, her value without reference to gender, her respect as a person with potential. — Emilie Buchwald

The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding. — Nhat Hanh

The third stage is no thought. No thought is not the end of meditation. It is the beginning of higher meditation. — Frederick Lenz

Whether I'm working a street corner or a market stall, well, that's none of their business unless they're buying. The anonymity is comfortable, like going around draped in magic, hidden from view. — Cat Hellisen