Douceur De France Quotes & Sayings

A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits. — Robert A. Heinlein

One of the first things to understand was how people knew what language to speak to whom. Where I've lived in the American Southwest, choosing to speak English or Spanish based on how someone looks is risky. If you try English and they don't speak it, you can switch to Spanish if you know it. But if you start with Spanish, you might offend: 'You don't think I speak English?' This can be the case if you're Anglo, even if you speak Spanish very well and just heard the other person speaking Spanish. When I described such an scenario to Indians, they couldn't relate - to them, choosing the wrong language wasn't embarrassing or politically charged. Or so they said. — Michael Erard

Negative thoughts can put you DOWN — Samar Sudha

I love pressure in a different sort of way; I enjoy the pressure of getting out and performing for the public. Being compared and judged doesn't seem quite right to me. — Joshua Bell

And the words we find are always insufficient, like love, though they are often lovely and all we have. — Stephen Dunn

I didn't drop into the mannerisms of another version of the character, but I guess I was pretty alert to that. — John Noble

Running is very spiritual for me. It is therapeutic; it clears my mind and helps me to focus. — Amy Locane

I just want to get on the court. — Carmelo Anthony

They talked about what they'd felt as they rained blows on the fallen body. A combination of sleepiness and sexual desire. Desire to fuck the poor bastard? Not at all! More as if they were fucking themselves. As if they were digging into themselves. With long nails and empty hands. Though if your fingernails are long enough your hands are never really empty. But in this dreamlike state, they dug and dug, rending fabric and ripping veins and puncturing vital organs. What were they looking for? They didn't know. Nor, at that stage, did they care. — Roberto Bolano

I'd go back to Leeds at any time, but not right now — Gus Poyet

The trouble with really seeing and really hearing is that then we really have to do something about what we have seen and heard. — Frederick Buechner

The stars blazed like the love of God, cold and distant. — Roger Zelazny

To narrate is to create, whilst to live is merely to be lived. — Fernando Pessoa

Some people are so impoverished all they have is gold. — Michelle Moran

And so I tell you, restless one, that no matter what happens, when things get dark, look to the light, and keep moving forward in faith. — Seth Adam Smith