Friary On The Severn Quotes & Sayings

Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,
frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company. — Jonathan Swift

I'm a great observer of delicate situations and women. I really like that bygone type of movement, and for a long time I had been looking for it. — Manolo Blahnik

The majority of Americans get their news and information about what is going on with their government from entities that are licensed by and subject to punishment at the hands of that very government. — Neal Boortz

Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes. — Richard Hamming

But, Marcie had reminded herself, I don't know the weight of anyone else's burdens - only my own. She didn't judge. She didn't feel smart or strong enough to judge. — Robyn Carr

I knew I couldn't go on like this, but I'd never been capable of simply nipping an anxiety in the bud. I always had to wait until it was ripe and mature and fell from me. — Marlen Haushofer

It was so big, that view. I'll never remember it properly. How can anyone remember something that big? I don't think people's brains are designed for memories like that. They're designed for things like phone numbers, or the color of someone's hair. Not hugeness. — Lucy Christopher

Because he had hardened his soul and silenced his conscience with the excuse of progress — Isabel Allende

Having nothing to do, I am correcting the Paris edition of Bach; not only the engraver's mistakes, but also the mistakes hallowed by those who are supposed to understand Bach (I have no pretensions to understand better, but I do think that sometimes I can guess). — Frederic Chopin

You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to. — Philip K. Dick

I don't really care if people like a character ornot; I think in life we don't always like everybody. But you haveto be able to understand them. — Julianne Moore