Discomfit In A Sentence Quotes & Sayings

If her death wakes something in the deep, then she will bring more shame down on her House with that one act than she could have accomplished in a lifetime of disobedience. They will hate her for it. I wonder if Lady Malker has already struck her daughter's name from the family tree. — Cat Hellisen

Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull. — Diana Vreeland

My motivation, even in anticipated shame, lay always in others. You can take the woman out of the upstairs, but you can't take the upstairs out of her. — Claire Messud

To this light, then, would I recommend all, with mine own soul, - to this sure way of salvation. — Elias Hicks

What is absurd is not the teachings of the founders of religion, it's what followers subsequently make of it. — John Cleese

War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. — C.S. Lewis

Trust is built in very small moments, which I call 'sliding door' moments. In any interaction, there is a possibility of connecting with your partner or turning away from your partner. One such moment is not important, but if you're always choosing to turn away, then trust erodes in a relationship- very gradually, very slowly. — John Gottman

My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's what makes me happy. — Tracy Pollan