Enluminures Bibliotheques Quotes & Sayings

Museums should no longer concern themselves with history on a grand scale, the sagas of kings and heroes, or the forging of national identities; they should focus instead on the lives and belongings of ordinary people, just as modern novels do. — Orhan Pamuk

He wanted to tell himself that Miracle was just a girl, but he knew that wasn't the case. Miracle wasn't just a girl. She was ... something special. — M. Leighton

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am. — Jean Giraudoux

The women of the Malesian Tales were however modelled after the lovely women of Singapore, the most urbane of the Malesian cities & the winners of the War of the Sexes.These lovely women,who belonged to a unique sub-species known as the "Singapore Girl", were spawn when the little City State imposed draconian measures in order to ensure its survival- measures covering population control, civic-consciousness, national hygiene & military preparedness- just as Sparta did during Milesian times. And thus, the Singapore girls,just as the girls of Sparta, were constantly in a state of military preparedness when it came to men.[INTRO] — Nicholas Chong

You are not the body. You are the immensity and infinity of consciousness. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Mary-Lynnette had an inexplicable impulse to knock Ash flat and fall down on top of him. She'd never felt that for any boy before. — L.J.Smith

Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality. — Ronald Reagan

And how can you say I love you to someone you love? I rolled onto my side and fell asleep next to her. Here is the point of everything I have been trying to tell you, Oskar. It's always necessary. — Jonathan Safran Foer

I have made tremendous efforts to work in a darker register and express the sinister and tragic quality of the place, given my natural tendency to work in light and pale tones. — Claude Monet

When life seems not worth living, ten minutes in a library proves otherwise. — Miv Schaaf

What creates success on HSN is great product, a great story and a great storyteller. — Mindy Grossman

No." I tilted her chin up. "I expect you to live a damn good life. I expect you to listen to me when I tell you there has never been anyone but you. No one. Only you, always you, forever you. And I'm sorry, but I won't take back what I did." - Nixon — Rachel Van Dyken