Greystones Library Quotes & Sayings

Death by starvation is slow. — Mary Hunter Austin

Being bullied is something I experienced in school, and it is not fun. — Bridgit Mendler

Kids, she says. When they're little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, you're the world almanac and the encyclopedia and the dictionary and the Bible, all rolled up together. But after they hit some magic age, it's just the opposite. After that, you're either a liar or a fool or a villain. — Chuck Palahniuk

Just because you're looking for the one, doesn't mean that you have to subject yourself to every single lousy date you're set on. — Claire Contreras

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them. — Ivo Andric

Academic intelligence offers virtually no preparation for the turmoil - or opportunity - life's vicissitudes bring. — Daniel Goleman

For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away. — Sylvia Earle

Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one. — Herbert Bayard Swope