Elspeth Blake Quotes & Sayings

Isn't it interesting how nationalistic attitudes foster the notion that being gay is 'un-(fill in your nationality/ religion/ culture here)'? — Christina Engela

One loses all the time which he might employ to better purpose. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

That's the whole story of how I was so stupid as to risk everything that mattered to me, on something so meaningless. — Mhairi McFarlane

I can't risk getting hurt. I have to be smart about what I'm doing. But the competitor in you wants to try it, wants to see how you would do. But at the same time, after a few rounds I'm so tired, and my arms are so tired after punching. It's a whole different monster. — Cullen Jenkins

Away you three-inch fool! — William Shakespeare

Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened. — Baha'u'llah

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out. — Judith Light

The question wasn't when things had changed. It was this: When had he decided to simply accept society's rules, to play the game precisely as it had been laid out by those who already had power? — Courtney Milan

When I read a story, I relive the moment from which it sprang. A scene burned itself into me, a building magnetized me, a mood orseason of Nature's penetrated me, history suddenly appeared to me in some tiny act, or a face had begun to haunt me before I glanced at it. — Elizabeth Bowen

Poor Cook, thought Captain, I must be kinder to her. She makes a splendid pet. How faithful she is! I always say you can't get the same love from a dog that you can from a human. So clever, too. I believe she understands every word I say. I believe they have souls, just like dogs. It's uncanny how canine a human can be, if you are kind to them and treat them well. I know for a fact that when some dogs in history died, their humans lay down on the grave and howled all night and refused food and pined away. It was just instinct, of course, not real intelligence, but all the same it makes you think. I believe that when a human does, it goes to a special heaven for humans, with kind dogs to look after it. — T.H. White