Falstaffian Allusion Quotes & Sayings

Voices tossed up and down the long flights of stairs, sourceless and intertwining like crickets' chorus, gentle as fingers on my hair. Night, they said, good night, sleep well. Welcome back, Lexie. Yes, welcome back. Good night. Sweet dreams. — Tana French

Magic is a dangerous thing, child. It isn't something to use lightly. — Kevis Hendrickson

The Taliban has a huge leadership problem at a critical political moment, another caliph has announced himself to the world, and the Taliban has been silent. And that is getting noticed by militants across South Asia. — Graeme Smith

If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me. — Andrew Young

His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract. — William Shakespeare

This, I finally realized, was how Mom was able to focus when I was not. It was how she was able to be present with me, present with the people at a benefit or the hospital. She felt whatever emotions she felt, but feeling was never a useful substitute for doing, and she never let the former get in the way of the latter. If anything, she used her emotions to motivate her and help her concentrate. The emphasis for her was always on doing what needed to be done. I had to learn this lesson while she was still there to teach me. — Will Schwalbe

He asked me when I planned to come back. Always, I said. — Roberto Bolano

Hasn't my mother warned you that I've never been good at sharing? — Christina Lauren

It is quite deplorable to see how many rational creatures, or at least who are thought so, mistake suffering for sanctity, and think a sad face and a gloomy habit of mind propitious offerings to that Deity whose works are all light and lustre and harmony and loveliness. — Sydney, Lady Morgan