Descants Quotes & Sayings

It's a rare day indeed when someone thanks you for bringing them to their death. — Sarah J. Maas

If we had better hearing, and could discern the descants of sea birds, the rhythmic tympani of schools of mollusks, or even the distant harmonics of midges hanging over meadows in the sun, the combined sound might lift us off our feet. — Lewis Thomas

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself. — Andre Malraux

Values create dimension, but color usually receives all of the attention. When painting with oils, placing dark and light pigments next to each other can be an accident waiting to happen. — Robert Warren

Would you trade a long, nearly immortal life of servitude in exchange for a short one ... with me?"
I tuck in my chin, avoiding his hard stare.
"I would give up my crown if it meant finding a way to free you, Star." He releases my hand. "But you have to want that freedom. Not fear it. — Trisha Wolfe

but that was before my mom died, which also happened to be the day I was born. — Stormy Smith

I. At Tea
THE kettle descants in a cosy drone,
And the young wife looks in her husband's face,
And then in her guest's, and shows in her own
Her sense that she fills an envied place;
And the visiting lady is all abloom,
And says there was never so sweet a room.
And the happy young housewife does not know
That the woman beside her was his first choice,
Till the fates ordained it could not be so ...
Betraying nothing in look or voice
The guest sits smiling and sips her tea,
And he throws her a stray glance yearningly. — Thomas Hardy

We can recognize happiness only when we remember the times of suffering! — Thich Nhat Hanh

You can have all the advanced war methods you want, but, after all, nobody has ever invented a war that you don't have to have somebody in the guise of soldiers to stop the bullets. — Will Rogers

We're guys, and we're Werewolves, and you're talking about throwing food away? Are you nuts, woman?" - Nick — Justine Winter

That is the secret of happiness and virtue
liking what you've got to do. — Aldous Huxley

From my shaft it was three hundred sixty-three feet. I had someone measure. — Sarah J. Maas

We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety. — John Grisham

There's always talk. It's the same price as rain. — Julian Barnes

What I always do in times of trouble or stress is to try and do something I don't know how to do. — Ruth Reichl

The amount of money you have has got nothing to do with what you earn.. people earning a million dollars a year can have no money and.. People earning $35,000 a year can be quite well off. It's not what you earn, it's what you spend. — Paul Clitheroe

Whoever screws up last loses. Whoever screws up second to last wins. That's what war is. — James S.A. Corey