Fictionally Flawless Quotes & Sayings

Sophy looked at him. Under his amazed and horrified gaze, large tears slowly welled over her eyelids, and rolled down her cheeks. She did not sniff, or gulp, or even sob: merely allowed her tears to gather and fall.
'Sophy, for God's sake do not cry!'
'Oh, do not stop me!' begged Sophy. 'Sir Horace says it is my only accomplishment.'
Mr. Rivenhall glared at her. 'What!'
'Very few persons are able to do it!' Sophy assured him. 'I discovered it by the veriest accident when I was seven years old. Sir Horace said I should cultivate it, for I would find it most useful.'
'You - you - ' Words failed Mr. Rivenhall. 'Stop at once! — Georgette Heyer

Ready." Green didn't need or want an answer. He slid his arm under Ruxs' throat and hooked his other one under his underarm, holding him in a secured position. He told Ruxs to take a deep breath, when he felt the rise of his back against his own chest he drove the rest of the way in. "Oh — A.E. Via

Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted. — Michele Bachmann

And speaking of options ,these kids [the ones who attend elite universities] have all been told that theirs are limitless. Once you commit to something, though, that ceases to be true. A former student sent me an essay he wrote, a few years after college, called "The Paradox of Potential." Yale students, he said, are like stem cells. They can be anything in the world, so they try to delay for as long as possible the moment when they have to become just one thing in particular. Possibility, paradoxically, becomes limitation. — William Deresiewicz

A silence reigns upon the air, Upon the pansies by the shore, Upon the violets, pale and fair, Upon the willow, bending o'er; The reeds and lilies silent grow, The dark green waters silent sleep, Save when the summer breezes blow, Or silvery minnows leap. — George Arnold

I used to collect comic books. I had a substantial collection. I collect records also, but those have gone the way of the world. — Robin Zander

The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because the more awake we become, the less we need the Ego. — Steven Pressfield

Every creator sets up their world differently. That's what's so amazing about someone like Aaron Sorkin and his writing. — Lesli Linka Glatter

I'm all in favor of supporting fancy museums and elite schools, but face it: These aren't really charities as most people understand the term. — Robert Reich

Bible: Various portions of it, when properly interpreted, contain a code of behaviour which many men consider best suited to the ultimate happiness of mankind. — Isaac Asimov

He who is neither human nor demon is not the dawn nor the dusk. — Kohta Hirano

Sometimes hate hurts more than love feels good. Just have to realize it's because we're more used to love. Let the haters stumble by. — Lights