Disable Magic Quotes & Sayings

Sand was dribbling out of the bag of her attention, faster and faster. — Sarah Blake

Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction, — Pope Francis

Fashion is fortunately no law but to its devotees. — Horace Walpole

I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy? — Victor Cruz

I've made some things for you, Constant Reader; you see them laid out before you in the moonlight. But before you look at the little handcrafted treasures I have for sale, let's talk about them for a bit, shall we? It won't take long. Here, sit down beside me. And do come a little closer. I don't bite. Except . . . we've known each other for a very long time, and I suspect you know that's not entirely true. Is it? — Stephen King

The poet speaks adequately only when he speaks somewhat wildly ... not with intellect alone, but with intellect inebriated by nectar. — Henry Miller

Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet. — Adam Beach

The thing about friends is, you never know when you might need them. It's always best to keep them imprisoned nearby. — Heidi Schulz

We've got to alter our fossil fuel dependence and go to other energy sources. — Sylvia Earle

It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.' — Malcolm Turnbull

True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself. — Lord Chesterfield

The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone. — Jan Hammer

The future of the world's film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people. — Wang Jianlin

I turned toward his army. It was now roughly one hundred and ninety-nine to one. I did the natural thing. I charged them. — Rick Riordan

It was an odd sort of urge, as though I had a craving to clear all the crap out of my life - but if I did that I wouldn't own anything. — Gary Reilly