Gr86 Quotes & Sayings

Before the acorn can bring forth the oak, it must become itself a wreck. No plant ever came from any but a wrecked seed. — Hannah Whitall Smith

The girls cannot contain their joy. They must start rehearsing immediately. They teach Saluni a new song that they have composed at the swamps. It is about croaking frogs in their green and brown colours and how the girls caught them and pierced their eyes with sharp sticks and set them free to hop about in wonderful blindness. It is a haunting melody. They tell Saluni that the song is all about the fun they had at the swamps today. The blinded frogs will live peacefully because now they won't be bothered by the bright rays of the sun. They won't have to run from danger, because they won't see it. They will therefore be safe since danger only catches those who run away from it. — Zakes Mda

Sooner or later, if there isn't a turncoat, the people make one. — Stephen King

Love is an element. — Laini Taylor

If I have one thing on in a week, I find it very difficult to get back to work that week. I need a lot of dreaming time. — Kate Thompson

This dissent isn't going to suppress itself. — James Lileks

I cared about you too much," said Dumbledore simply. "I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, — J.K. Rowling

I'm prone to tangential digressions, but I've never regretted being remarkably inconsistent:it's led me to fascinating people and interesting stories. — Natalie MacLean

The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array. — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham And Vaux

My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world, and my parents are the most extraordinary father and mother. — Akhil Sharma

I think everyone has been annoyed at school or in their life, that's a type of bullying. So, you can take those feelings and make them bigger. But I try not to use too much from my real life, because you'll be stuck with that all day. — Kodi Smit-McPhee

The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage. — M. Ward

A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance, an easy-goingness about each other's attitudes and way of life. — George H. W. Bush

It is the Mass the matters. — Augustine Birrell