Emmering Wiki Quotes & Sayings

I think that what influences us in literature comes less from what we love and more from what we happen to pick up in moments when we are especially open. — Ann Patchett

All this overt heterosexuality amused me. If only they knew. — Rita Mae Brown

Anglo-Saxon kings often used to favour their sister's son to their own - for at least you could guarantee there was your own blood in your sister's son! — Kate Williams

When you check your own mind properly, you stop blaming others for your problems. — Thubten Yeshe

The portrait painter ... If he insults his sitters his occupation is gone. Whether he paints the should instead of the features, or the latter with all its natural blemishes, he is as presumptuous as if he shouted, 'What a face. Hide it.' which would never do, although it is analogous to what landscape painters are doing every day. — Walter J. Phillips

How we handle our tough times stays with us for a long time. — Max Lucado

You look back, and it was important to bring back instrumental music, and it was great to be a part of that wave of instrumental rock music. And clearly it was something I was destined to do. — Stuart Hamm

The more worrying feature of the new global corporate structures is their capacity to devastate national labour markets by transferring their operations to cheaper locations overseas. — Fredric Jameson

I stole glances at Kaidan's bare skin while the others were busy talking. That's my boyfriend right there, I silently announced. — Wendy Higgins

Once fire was discovered, the instinct for improvement made men bring food to it. First to dry it, then to put it on the coals to cook. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe. — Tahereh Mafi

When it comes to work, I will stop at nothing. When it comes to writing, I will never stop. — Robert Black