Fairchilds Gifts Quotes & Sayings

Only the shallowest person believes that they can attain true happiness by maximizing their wealth at any cost. In absence of morality, ethics, and a sustainable philosophy to guide us in an ethical search for happiness, we will always perceive life's random countervailing forces of adversity and unpleasantness as inflicting a great personal injustice upon us. Through application of a deeply embedded personal philosophy, we can push back against the negative implications of a life of suffering. We can use a philosophical stance to gain the perspective needed to say 'yes' to all of life, both its rosy path of ineffable joys and a blackened trail of tears. We must learn to accept life as it truly is and not waste precious time in wistfulness. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Lucas was starting to feel like a yo-yo, and Iowa City was the finger. — John Sandford

Tut, tut! I have often admonished my pupils to count ten before speaking. Were I you, Mr. Philander, I should count at least a thousand, and then maintain a discreet silence. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

Does any Watcher ever know that he is suddenly watching the Slayer until that moment is announced to him? — Mel Odom

Watching a movie for the first time is a flirt. Rewatching it, is a date. — Guillermo Del Toro

My body was smarter than I was. I was with someone who would never hurt me, and so I finally relaxed. — Aspen Matis

Our century is a brutal thinker. — Pierre-Jean De Beranger

Being honest, if I had a daughter I wouldn't want her listening to a Nicki Minaj CD until she was a certain age. Even when I meet my fans and they tell me they are 12, I cringe a little. I always say, 'Listen. I don't want you saying the bad words, put school first.' — Nicki Minaj

The feeling of being trapped, of being helpless against his strength, his lust, and what my body needed was almost overwhelming. My eyes shuttered closed at the effort of not struggling in his harsh grasp. He whispered against my face, and I could not focus enough to see him. "Do you want to ride the storm?" His breath was hot against my skin. His voice promised no gentleness, no compromise. I knew the kind of sex he was offering, and the thought of it tightened things low in my body, drew another small sound from my throat. "Yes," I whispered, "yes." The roll of thunder echoed down the hallway, shuddering between the stone walls. The sound seemed to vibrate out of his body and into mine as if my body were a tuning fork struck against the rim of some great metal cup. His voice growled against my skin, with the taste of thunder in it. "Good," he said and forced me to my knees. — Laurell K. Hamilton

You are not asleep, Miss Dare," he noticed. "And yet you are mortal?" "I'm mortal, — Rick Riordan

Before I even had the chance to try, a current of energy washed through me, pulling a gasp from my lips. Strength and familiarity tripled through the air between us. The powerful sensation swarmed over me like a thousand little teeth nibbling on my skin, and shook me to the core. — A.K. Morgen

People pay for that they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And the pay for it simply: by the lives they lead. - James Baldwin — Dorothy Allison

It's an act of faith to be a writer in a post literate world. — Rita Mae Brown

My interest in books started as a child. I had a voracious appetite for reading. It's my mom's fault really, because she read to us a lot, and I loved it. — Catherine Cruzan

You never let go of your dreams. They're meant to be pursued. And even though it might be hard reaching them, they'll pay off in the end. — Atle Jarnaes Leroy