Desmaisons Quotes & Sayings

It seems that Fate has decreed that I live through my entire daydream in reality! — Diana Wynne Jones

That's why I admired that kid who spelled it wrong on purpose so he could sit down. He knew he wasn't going to win, so why stand there for 3 hours.
First round. "Cat, K-A-T, I'm outta here." Then as he passed you, "Ha! I know there's 2 T's. — Brian Regan

When you're too robotic and scripted, the students tune you out. So I always tried to use different learning modalities - kinesthetic, auditory, visual, whatever might bring learning to life. — Erin Gruwell

Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves. — Brandon Thomas

My wife is also particularly fond of vampire romance." Zoltan swallowed so hard that his eyes watered. "Are you serious? Do people really write those? And read them?" "I'm afraid so, my lord. They appear to be quite popular." "Why?" Zoltan set the glass down. "We're dead half the time. And until recently, we couldn't father children." Domokos's mouth twitched. "I believe the writers are focusing on your other attributes, my lord. — Kerrelyn Sparks

Then the Calm kept going. And I realized that my body, mind, and soul needed this time to integrate some of the enormous changes that were going on. I started to appreciate Calm. These last few weeks I feel like I'm getting my spark back. — Kathleen DesMaisons

However global I strove to become in my thinking over the past twenty years, my sons kept me rooted to an utterly pedestrian view,intimately involved with the most inspiring and fractious passages in human development. However unconsciously by now, motherhood informs every thought I have, influencing everything I do. More than any other part of my life, being a mother taught me what it means to be human. — Mary Blakely

We are all slaves to the shining metal. — Douglas William Jerrold

I have a ballet barre in my gym. I turn the music up so loud that the walls are pulsating, and I go for it for an hour. — Catherine Zeta-Jones

Shall I tell you a bedtime story? — Steven King

Humans serve cats as dogs serve humans. And sometimes, I fear, as ineptly. — Jon Evans

The Eucharist is source and pledge of blessedness and glory, not for the soul alone, but for the body also ... In the frail and perishable body that divine Host, which is the immortal body of Christ, implants a principle of resurrection, a seed of immortality, which one day must germinate — Pope Leo XIII

A cry of despair escaped her lips. When had she fallen in love with him? — Kiki Hamilton

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism. — William Ralph Inge

Honey," Jammer said, "you'll learn. Some things you teach yourself to remember to forget. — William Gibson