Fanconi Bickel Quotes & Sayings

We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than flame sinking into smoke. — Samuel Johnson

... Who had read my poems, who held my hand, who was dead before he could visit me in the

hospital where he had been, too, landed, too, on his flights to heaven and drops into hell. — Siri Hustvedt

She was never likely to say out loud, "I wish that I could marry a handsome prince," but knowing that if you did you'd probably open the door to find a stunned prince, a tied-up priest, and a Nac Mac Feegle grinning cheerfully and ready to act as best man definitely made you watch what you said. — Terry Pratchett

Time is a funny thing. I was always puzzled with the way a single day could stretch itself out to the point of eternity in your mind, all while years melted down into the fraction of a second. — Gloria Naylor

A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all. — Cornel West

The half life of love is forever."
- Junot Diaz, This Is How You Lose Her — Robyn Collins

(D) Write a political treatise - not to exceed 250,000 words or 500 sides, whichever is less - detailing your solution to stabilising relations in the region. Military force above brigade level is not permitted, nor is divine intervention. You may include diagrams. — Jonathan L. Howard

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet. — Julius Erving

Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin. — Seneca The Younger

People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.' — Natalie Massenet

These insatiable cocksuckers have transcendent experiences giving head. They're happiest when they're at it. It's amazing. You can't believe it when you connect with one of them. It's simultaneously incredibly fun and mildly terrifying, particularly when you imagine all the legs they've sat between on the floor, just there to perform a service. Don't mind me. — Drew Nellins Smith