Georgie Archibald Quotes & Sayings

Our lips melted together as he kissed me. Hard. Aggressive. Impatient. If kisses could kill, ours would have. — R.S. Grey

You know what I think? Very few people play because they love the game. Most of them play because they make good money. They keep playing because of the money. I could care less about it. If I don't love the game, no check is going to keep me playing. — Michael Jordan

Babies of around one year old are often active by day and wake frequently at night, for no obvious reason. Then a mother can feel desparate for sleep yet equally desparate to comfort her baby when he needs her at night. I have spoken to many mothers who have sacrificed their own sleep, waking up numerous times every night because their babies cried for them. It seems terrible that these hardworking women think of themselves as failures as a result. Surely a mother who has chosen to sacrifice her sleep deserves respect and admiration for her generous mothering. — Naomi Stadlen

I definitely feel very empowered to do a lot of good things--but there's also so much pressure to not only make a lot of choices but to really have it all. It's great that we can have it all, but I think everyone now feels that there's this overwhelming responsbility to have it all, to really do something profound. Versus just, you know, be happy and get by. — Barbara Kelley

It was all : it was nothing : it was more than enough. — Ali Smith

Kelly Link's prose is conveyed in details so startling and fine that you work up a sweat just waiting for the next sentence to land. This is why we read, crave, need, can't live without short stories. — Tea Obreht

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts — Jose Saramago

I try not to be influenced when it comes to being creative, just in order to sustain my own voice and character. However, I do have many inspirations from the worlds of literature, music, comedy and film. — Doc Brown

Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. — Elizabeth Goudge

I don't think you're a waste of space. — J.K. Rowling

A good resolve will make any port. — Horace

There were things that would irritate Casey, but trying too hard or getting mad at sitting on the bench weren't among them. — Mickey Mantle

The kitchen is the great laboratory of the household, and much of the 'weal and woe' as far as regards bodily health, depends on the nature of the preparations concocted within its walls. — Isabella Beeton