Harbord Kourt Quotes & Sayings

Yet humanity could not conceive. It tried and tried, and called mighty wizards from every corner of its earthly kingdom, but no child came. Many mourned, and said that a child was a terrible idea to begin with, ... — Catherynne M Valente

Unless he suddenly turns out to be a total psycho, he's a keeper — Kevin O'Brien

I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. 'Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!' she said. So I suggested the kitchen. — Red Skelton

All rising to great places is by a winding stair. — Gautama Buddha

Without the quest, there can be no epiphany. — Constantine E. Scaros

I did not wait to hear the end of my father's story, for I had been with him myself after mass when we had met M. Legrandin; instead, I went downstairs to the kitchen to ask about the menu for our dinner, which was of fresh interest to me daily, like the news in a paper, and excited me as might the programme of a coming festivity. — Marcel Proust

When you are a trailblazer you have many trees to cut down. — Matshona Dhliwayo

People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates love, kindness, open-mindedness, tolerance, curiosity, human intelligence. — Philip Pullman

Do The Next Thing.. — Elizabeth Elliott

It is clear that a novel cannot be too bad to be worth publishing ... It certainly is possible for a novel to be too good to be worth publishing. — George Bernard Shaw

Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us. — John Keats

I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That can be as diverse as the early paintings of Salvador Dali or how bumblebees manage to fly. — John Le Carre

Qhuinn took a step forward, with the intention of stepping in, in the event the Brother locked hands on the SOB's skinny neck: Someone should probably catch the head before it bounced all over their hosts' rugs. And the deadweight of the body.
Seemed only hospitable. — J.R. Ward

I long for truth, and yet
I cannot stay from that
My better self disowns,
For a man's attention
Brings such satisfaction
To the craving in my bones. — William Butler Yeats

I'm not telling you to be quiet. I'm just saying that if you speak a little softer, we both might just hear what peace sounds like. — Noor Iskandar