Freeberg American Quotes & Sayings

In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people. — Philippe Falardeau

I had no monarch in my life, and cannot rule myself; and when I try to organize, my little force explodes and leaves me bare and charred. — Emily Dickinson

When a book is going well, it tells you where to go. — Neel Mukherjee

My kitchen is my baby. I don't have kids, so cooking is sort of like my child. Renovating my kitchen has allowed me to channel my creativity the way parents work on a nursery. The centerpiece is my vintage 1950s Wedgewood stove. — Sara Ramirez

But now that I'm scrubbing
toilets on my hands & knees,
with four degrees,
I realize that one escape route
leads to another — Phil Volatile

I can write anywhere. I made up the names of the characters on a sick bag while I was on an airplane. I told this to a group of kids and a boy said, "Ah, no, that's disgusting." And I said, "Well, I hadn't used the sick bag." — J.K. Rowling

You don't think your way back to joy; you open to it. — Donna Quesada

If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden. — Kapil Dev

Thank you,' I answered, unsure of the proper American response to her gracious enthusiasm. In the Arab world, gratitude is a language unto itself. "May Allah bless the hands that give me this gift"; "Beauty is in the eyes that find me pretty"; "May Allah never deny your prayer"; and so on, an infinite string of prayerful appreciation. Coming from such a culture, I have always found a mere "thank you" an insufficient expression that makes my voice sound miserly and ungrateful." (169). — Susan Abulhawa

I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. — Jodi Picoult

There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today. — Thomas Merton

And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple. — William Wordsworth