Herberts Cukurs Quotes & Sayings

One open, one closed. It was no wonder that the first image that came to mind when I thought of either of my sisters was a door. With Kirsten, it was the front one to our house, through which she was always coming in or out, usually in mid-sentence, a gaggle of friends trailing behind her. Whitney's was the one to her bedroom, which she preferred to keep shut between her and the rest of us, always. — Sarah Dessen

Who sat in darkness and in fear seemed to answer a vague and persistent question that haunted [Nwoye's] young soul
the question of the twins crying in the bush and the question of Ikemefuna who was killed. He felt a relief within as the hymn poured into his parched soul. — Chinua Achebe

For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation. — Lao-Tzu

Bryn," I murmured, twisting around to see his sleeping face steeped in the brightness of the day. I stroked my fingers down his cheek and ran my hands through his silky mane of black hair. I must be dead, I mused, for certainly waking up in Bryn's arms is heaven. — D.T. Dyllin

Nothing cheers a girl up like SHOPPING! — Madonna Ciccone

Don't be afraid to ask for a rise, Sagittarius. Your boss always pay you less than your work is actually worth! — Robert Stone

When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26) — Markus Zusak

And yet self-knowledge is thought by some not so easy. Who knows, my dear sir, but for a time you may have taken yourself for somebody else? Stranger things have happened. — Herman Melville

Laughter is no enemy to learning — Walt Disney

He didn't care what she said - happiness was a lot more than good health and a poor memory. Happiness was this. It was her, and him, and that moment. Fuck Albert Schweitzer. He could kiss his ass. Happiness wasreal. — J.M. Darhower

I think I've just gotten really good at accessorizing personally. I've always been good at accessorizing other people, and intellectually, I've known how to accessorize, but I was pretty minimal personally - although I was wearing a ton of rings. — Sophia Amoruso

Liam was a great many things, but mysterious and unpredictable weren't included in that deck of cards. — Alexandra Bracken

Typical Institute. Turn up in time to take the credit. — Pippa DaCosta

The hatred of the youth culture for adult society is not a disinterested judgement but a terror-ridden refusal to be hooked into the, if you will, ecological chain of breathing, growing, and dying. It is the demand, in other words, to remain children. — Midge Decter