Expatriot Quotes & Sayings

One was to sting me," he thought, "I should swell up as big again as I am!" They were bigger than hornets. The drones were bigger than your thumb, a good deal, and the bands of yellow on their deep black bodies shone like fiery gold. — J.R.R. Tolkien

And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may have accidentally given me this idea- and you do poorly, what then? It's over; you're wiped out. All those prophecies you heard in the dark have come true, and people can see the real you, see what a schmendrick you are, what a fraud. — Anne Lamott

Never trust a duck" - Will Herondale
"We are bound, you and I, over the divide of death, down through whatever generations may come. Forever." - Will Herondale — Cassandra Clare

Mr. Hussein began building Ghazalia in the early 1980s as a home for army officers and other members of his Baath Party. Concrete mansions with pillars and domes are common in the southern half of the district. — Alex Berenson

Mars was this water-based planet, and we know there was stable water on the surface for a long time, which is critical for life having a chance to develop. — Ellen Stofan

That's something I've always fond odd, people smile when they're sad. There's no such thing as a sad smile. — Estelle Maskame

I went to the Protestant cemetery, and it sounds really morbid, but when I came here, I thought that this is where I want to die. I feel spiritually found here. — Mark Ehrman

88. People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I've been living ten years in Paris and the answer seems simple to me: because it's the best place to pick ideas. Just like Italy, Spain.. or Iran are the best places to pick saffron. If you want to pick opium poppies you go to Burma or South-East Asia. And if you want to pick novel ideas, you go to Paris. — Roman Payne