Edgecumbe Court Quotes & Sayings

Drama demands the reversal of expectation, but in such a way that the first surprise is followed by an immediate recognition of inevitability. — Wallace Stegner

I think rock records tend to be very expensive. — Andy Summers

Never Refuse Wine. It is an odd but universally held opinion that anyone who doesn't drink must be an alcoholic. — P. J. O'Rourke

Ciro had made a bet in proposing to her, and on that same day, Enza made a bet of her own. She was putting all her money, effort and future into a partnership that she believed could not fail. She was going to pour all of herself into her marriage: love would sustain them, and trust would see them through. That was her belief, and that's how she was raised. When she spun the gold ring on her finger, it was as though it was made for her, but it meant even more that her husband had worn it since he was a boy. She was a part of his history now. — Adriana Trigiani

When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point. — Dogen

You would think that Halloweens tomorrow because of their attempt to scare the American public. — Jim Sensenbrenner

Silence asks the questions that are too awkward to phrase. It even asks the questions one does not know to ask. — Robin Hobb

Anyone can follow a crowd.
It's the leader that follows the facts. — Richard Diaz

THE ONE WHO STAYED
You should have heard the old men cry,
You should have heard the biddies
When that sad stranger raised his flute
And piped away the kiddies.
Katy, Tommy, Meg and Bob
Followed, skipped gaily,
Red-haired Ruth, my brother Rob,
And little crippled Bailey,
John and Nils and Cousin Claire,
Dancin', spinnin', turnin',
'Cross the hills to God knows where-
They never came returnin'.
'Cross the hills to God knows where
The piper pranced, a leadin'
Each child in Hamlin Town but me,
And I stayed home unheedin'.
My papa says that I was blest
For if that music found me,
I'd be witch-cast like all the rest.
This town grows old around me.
I cannot say I did not hear
That sound so haunting hollow-
I heard, I heard, I heard it clear...
I was afraid to follow. — Shel Silverstein

It's time to stop pretending I'm ok with things I'm not ok with like all insects and Foster the People. — Greg Behrendt