Floreys Book Quotes & Sayings

The psychological pain
and the ethical shame
of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to raise all children to a minimally decent standard of living. — Kenneth Keniston

Nothing but great antiquity can make graveyards interesting to me. I have no friends there. — Henry David Thoreau

The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful, as far as who they choose for their film and what they're known for and staying in the genre because they know what works. — Malin Akerman

The best gift you can give to someone is spending time with them. The worst thing you can do someone is to avoid them when they badly need you. — Saravana Kumar Murugan

What was I supposed to be, growing in your womb
assuming it was even in our womb that I was conceived? A seed of hope? A ticket purchased to ferry you from the dark? A patch for that hole you carried in your heart? If so, then I wasn't enough. I wasn't nearly enough. I was no balm to your pain, only another dead end, another burden, and you must have seen that early on. You must have realized it. But what could you do? You couldn't go down to the pawnshop and sell me. — Khaled Hosseini

Put aside your need for a step-by-step manual and instead realize that analogies are your best friend. — Seth Godin

People do what they are told not to do. It happens time and time again. Here on the frozen tundra, it is known as the Tongue on the Frozen Pump Handle principle. — Garrison Keillor

You can't have a better past. — Anonymous

She wanted once more to extract the last sweet drop from this fleeting pleasure. — Hermann Hesse

I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not! — Olivia Colman