Feavered Quotes & Sayings

I was keenly aware that I didn't want to draw on too many typically doomed aspects of the fated singer. Whether it's Judy Garland or Norma Desmond, there is this tragic quality to older women that one can revel in, and you want it to be more three-dimensional than that. So it was important for the character to be strong and resilient, because there are so many victims in opera. — Rufus Wainwright

Bravery is not found in getting knocked down. Rather, bravery is found is getting back up knowing that you're going to get knocked down again. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The knowledge of that land's geography ... 'east o' the sun, west o' the moon' ... is priceless lore, not to be bought in any market place. It must be the gift of the good fairies at birth and the years can never deface it or take it away. It is better to possess it, living in a garret, than to be the inhabitant of palaces without it. — L.M. Montgomery

She stepped out of the box, smiled sweetly. "You know, Brian, just because you can make a fifteen hundred pound horse do what you want, doesn't mean you can budge me one inch.I'm going to go bet on our horse.To win."
"It's not our-" He broke off, swore, as she'd already flounced out. "And you don't bet to win," he muttered. "It's nothing personal," he said to Finnegan who was watching him with soft, sad eyes. "I just can't be owning things.It's not that I don't have great affection and respect for you,for I do. But what happens in a year or two down the road I move on? Even if I don't-as it's feeling more and more that I'd wonder why I would-I can't have the wman give me a horse.Even a half a horse. Well, not to worry.We'll straighten it all out later. — Nora Roberts

She was in love. There was no turning back. — Jackie Kay

Hope in my heart is my happiness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

He didn't say a word or do an action that did not have a purpose — Bill Clinton

Speaking, writing, and discoursing are not mere acts of communication; they are above all acts of compulsion. Please follow me. Trust me, for deep feeling and understanding require total committment. — Trinh T. Minh-ha

Exercise keeps me occupied, which is good for my mental health. — Gail Porter

But he finally saw
how pain caused
one of two things:
A reverence for life.
Or killing.
Both grew from the same seed. — Cynthia Rylant

Not everyone can experience what other people can... That's why movies come out... films and books... and short stories and novels... — Deyth Banger