Flitton Quotes & Sayings

Part of why kids like this scared me was that they seemed authentic. — Jonathan Franzen

The woods were full of peril - rattlesnakes and water moccasins and nests of copperheads; bobcats, bears, coyotes, wolves, and wild boar; loony hillbillies destabilized by gross quantities of impure corn liquor and generations of profoundly unbiblical sex; rabies-crazed skunks, raccoons, and squirrels; merciless fire ants and ravening blackfly; poison ivy, poison sumac, poison oak, and poison salamanders; even a scattering of moose lethally deranged by a parasitic worm that burrows a nest in their brains and befuddles them into chasing hapless hikers through remote, sunny meadows and into glacial lakes. — Bill Bryson

The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year. — Eleanor Farjeon

Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends — Coco Chanel

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't. — Larry Wall

Thus we might not know we have a sage at the table, for he will remain silent while the "experts" prattle on and on. — John Eldredge

In fact, she [Pamela Flitton] seemed to prefer 'older men' on the whole, possibly because of their potentiality for deeper suffering. Young men might superficially transcend their seniors in this respect, but they probably showed less endurance in sustaining that state, while, once pinioned, the middle-aged could be made to writhe almost indefinitely. — Anthony Powell

The most important thing in the life of every man and every woman is not that they should never fall along the way. The important thing is always to get back up, not to stay on the ground licking your wounds. — Pope Francis

My mother saw in 'Gone With the Wind' the text of liberating herself, ... She took 'Gone With the Wind' as the central book in her life, and made it the central book in her family. — Pat Conroy

He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you. — William Blake

There are so many glowing reasons to be kind. — Debasish Mridha

Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy. — E.W. Howe

Time. In another time. Either before or after. They were not stars,
but fires. They were the souls of birds. They were entries into the
vast fire. They were the eyes of the dead. And in the darkness they
were imprisoned by them. — Peter Ackroyd