Garnisonen Quotes & Sayings

Never had movement been such a burden. Never had a heart been so definite and big in her adolescent chest. — Markus Zusak

Nobody is fully ready for paradise. That is why
'the kingdom come' will be like thief in the night. — Toba Beta

In the courtyard there was an angel of black stone, and its angel head rose above giant elephant leaves; the stark glass angel eyes, bright as the bleached blue of sailor eyes, stared upward. One observed the angel from an intricate green balcony - mine, this balcony, for I lived beyond in three old white rooms, rooms with elaborate wedding-cake ceilings, wide sliding doors, tall French windows. On warm evenings, with these windows open, conversation was pleasant there, tuneful, for wind rustled the interior like fan-breeze made by ancient ladies. And on such warm evenings this town is quiet. Only voices: family talk weaving on an ivy-curtained porch; a barefoot woman humming as she rocks a sidewalk chair, lulling to sleep a baby she nurses quite publicly; the complaining foreign tongue of an irritated lady who, sitting on her balcony, plucks a fryer, the loosened feathers floating from her hands, slipping into air, sliding lazily downward. — Truman Capote

Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open. — Emma Goldman

Speak up, speak often and don't worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them. — Ron Paul

When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ... ' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ... '. — John Cleese

I am a brother to dragons, a companion to owls. — Jane Lindskold

At least 200 dates have been suggested, varying from 3483 to 6934 years B.C., all based on the supposition that the Bible enables us to settle the point. But it does nothing of the sort. The literal interpretation has now been entirely abandoned; and the world is admitted to be of immense antiquity. On such questions we have no Biblical evidence, and the Catholic is quite free to follow the teaching of science. — Thomas Murasso

What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do my own stunts; that's something I'm very passionate about. I spent a lot of time on boats as a kid, so it's just nice to be able to put that into use in the job that I do. — Aneurin Barnard

There were certainly no spells at my school. More like a smack in the mouth. — Michael Gambon

I wrote my earliest piece for The Sunday Times about being a young wife. — Jilly Cooper