Hikmetes Quotes & Sayings

I've never really understood attachment to a place for reasons of birth. That my mother happened to give birth to me in a certain place doesn't, to my mind, justify any thankfulness towards that place. It could have been anywhere. — Alberto Manguel

responsive. She now realized that the old adage 'he who wants friends must show himself friendly' was right. — Brenda Barrett

Without love and affection, they lost the will to live. — David R. Hawkins

What will you do now?'
I think I will become a monk and devote my entire life to prayer and good works.'
No,' said Rek. 'I mean, what will you do today?'
Ah! Today I'll get drunk and go whoring,' said Bowman. — David Gemmell

Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you. — John Green

How flat all sounds are at the seaside, flat and yet emphatic, like the sound of gunshots heard at a distance. — John Banville

In youth, it was a way I had, to do my best to please, and change with every passing lad to suit his theories. But now, I know the things I know and do the things I do, and if you do not like me so, to hell my love, with you." - Dorothy Parker — Nicole Archer

You don't have to be noisy to be effective. — Phil Crosby

Death was like love, a romantic escape. — Brigitte Bardot