Entendres Define Quotes & Sayings

Not interested. I didn't try very hard. I went to boarding school on a sports' scholarship after I bowled a cricket ball into my old headmaster's leg. He said, 'Christ, that was accurate,' and got it for me. But I walked out at 16. — Tony Blackburn

What attracts people most, it would appear, is other people. — William H. Whyte

I've rebelled against all types of conformity throughout my life, not just Utah's conservative culture — Bert McCracken

I'd get out of here," he said. "Go someplace where no one knew me. Start over. Go to Paris like you did or go to - I don't know - Prague. Somewhere." He looked toward the window, like he could already see himself gone.
"Oh," she said, because it hurt that he was thinking about that when she was thinking about him. She narrowed her eyes. "What's stopping you?"
The boy looked down at the book of fairy tales. "Nothing," he said.
Lila wanted to be the one to stop him. — Holly Black

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality. — Felicity Huffman

This is the moment. We need to take it. His breath at my ear and my own breathing seemed to match, to build. Heat flared at my back. There was no cold, there was no chill. Just him. Just heat. — Karina Halle

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. — Plutarch

A problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act. — Elizabeth Janeway

Truth has this habit of changing after the fact, don't you find? — David Mitchell

No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say "Oh, my gosh," and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice. — Marisa De Los Santos

I don't like being talked into things by ungraceful people. — Mark Salzman

In what was happening now there was still that element of popular frenzy; but it was also clear that it was more organized, or that at least it had some deeper principle. — V.S. Naipaul