Demaranville Associates Quotes & Sayings

But Scarlett had already been broken. For years her father tore her down. Over and over, she had let him. She'd allowed him to make her feel worthless and powerless. But she was neither of those things. She was done allowing her fear to make her weaker, to eat away at the meat on her bones until she could do nothing but whimper and watch. — Stephanie Garber

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern. — Jimmy Connors

When the heart is supple, it can be "broken open" into a greater capacity to hold our own and the world's pain: it happens every day. When we hold our suffering in a way that opens us to greater compassion, heartbreak becomes a source of healing, deepening our empathy for others who suffer and extending our ability to reach out to them. — Parker J. Palmer

Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times. — W.C. Fields

There's nothing so fearsome as the revolt of a sheep, said de Marsay. — Honore De Balzac

I kind of resent the suggestion that there would be something inherent about superheroes that wouldn't be of interest to women. That makes me nuts. I'm a 5-foot tall woman with a quick temper who always looks like a child, so power fantasies are not strange to me. — Kelly Sue DeConnick

Not that they added perceptibly to the noise of the party. They were not talking (perceptibly) as they stood side by side by the yellow curtains. They would soon be off elsewhere, together; that was all. That was enough. — Virginia Woolf

Well, I am nothing like perfection." "You're better. You're you. — Jennifer Ashley

Guilt is a very good thing if it is shared by others. — Pascal Bruckner

She heard music. Angels singing? she thought, dizzy. It seemed odd for angels to sing after table sex. She managed to swallow on a throat wildly dry. "Music," she murmured.
"My phone. In my pants. Don't care."
"Oh. Not angels."
"No. Def Leppard. — Nora Roberts

Seize the moment, however worried you may be about what's coming next. It's your brain, it's your life, it's your attitude ... . Go out there and fill up with sights, sounds, and ideas that are bigger than yourself. — James Patterson

We don't need bigger cars or fancier clothes. We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation. — Donella Meadows