Eglantyne Rose Quotes & Sayings

When all the suns and nebulae have passed away, each one of you will still be alive. — C.S. Lewis

I'm fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They're highly mobile; they reject the idea of place. — Hari Kunzru

Men of Science would do well to talk plain English. The most abstruse questions can very well be discussed in our own tongue ... I make a particular appeal to the botanists, who appear to delight in troublesome words. — Oliver Lodge

We're all kind of basically involved in the same thing, putting up a blank of some kind and filling it in. — William Wiley

It used to be that your rights were infringed upon if the government punished or threatened you for expressing your sincerest beliefs. Now, your rights are infringed upon if you want something but someone refuses to buy it for you. — Matt Walsh

It was feeling honored by the privilege of getting to be present for another person's most dismal moments, and knowing that you could be dismal around him in return. More troubling to him than his — Hanya Yanagihara

Many years ago, when I used to smoke, my lighter was often easier to find than my scissors. If I couldn't find the scissors, or was feeling too lazy to get up, I used the lighter to burn the yarn in one place to break it. Other than the smell, this worked fairly well. Later, when I found my scissors, I would cut off the little charred bits.
One day, I was knitting a cotton facecloth and needed to cut the end. I flicked my lighter, expecting to singe the one spot, thus breaking the yarn.
I will remember that cotton is highly flammable, and that the knitting Fates punish laziness. I will also remember that a flaming facecloth can be extinguished with a cup of coffee ... in a pinch. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs. — Sharon Jones

There's no point in arguing with an idiot - save for exposing their stupidity in their own words. — Christina Engela