Giovanni Boccaccio Wikipedia Quotes & Sayings

My name's Margareta, by the way." "Oh," I said, then thought that I ought to say something more. She looked as if she were expecting a reply, but what could I say? What could I possibly have to say about her name? Her name was Margareta. Okay. Good. Nice name. — Jonas Karlsson

On every journey, we encountered beautiful souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The biggest surprise has been making the adjustment after losing a game. In the NBA you could lose tonight and you have to put that game behind you because you have another game the next night. — Dwyane Wade

I knew I'd get over this. People broke up with each other every day and you didn't see them falling down and dying of unhappiness. But unhappiness didn't kill you that way. It was a slow malignancy that stole your hope. You didn't fall over dead, you faded away into nothingness. — Denise Grover Swank

Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried. — Mae West

Existed in the eternal dilemma: to give freedom free rein, or to rein freedom in? — Jussi Adler-Olsen

Markets work best when there's lots of information available and a historical track record to go on; they excel at predicting things like horse races, election outcomes, and box-office results. But they're bad at predicting things like who will be the next Supreme Court nominee, as that depends on the whim of the president. — James Surowiecki

And what is any artist, really, but someone who doesn't mind being an asshole? — Jade Chang

Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves. — J.B. Priestley

Seventeen's not so young. A hundred years ago people got married when they were practically our age."
"Yeah, that was before electricity and the Internet. A hundred years ago eighteen-year-old guys were out there fighting wars with bayonets and holding a man's life in their hands! They lived a lot of life by the time they were our age. What do kids our age know about love and life? — Jenny Han

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free. — Sophocles

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer. — Srikumar Rao

Yeah, he's taking this little kid home." I let the sarcasm drip. "At least I won't whine like a spoiled brat, unlike you, you bleach-blonde brainless moron. Really, Officer Dan, I am sooooo disappointed in you. This is your girlfriend? Really? I thought you had better taste than this. — Apryl Baker

Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation. — Leonard Cohen

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