Hon Defiler Quotes & Sayings

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

Long after all the chocolates were eaten, and the cousins had gone, we kept the chocolate-box in the linen-drawer in the dining-room sideboard, waiting for some ceremonial use that never presented itself. It was still full of the empty chocolate cups of dark, fluted paper. In the wintertime I would sometimes go into the cold dining room and sniff at the cups, inhaling their smell of artifice and luxury; I would read again the descriptions on the map provided on the inside of the box-top: hazelnut, creamy nougat, Turkish delight, golden toffee, peppermint cream. — Alice Munro

Green Day is politically brain-dead but I love the little monkeys. — Ted Nugent

I think I need to face
what I could have been in order to understand and accept what I am. — Cecelia Ahern

She who is even once unjust can not complain if the like is expected of her again. — George MacDonald

The truth of my experience is that we are all a lot more alike than we are different. — Anne Lamott

Of course, we know that the world sees this wedding as a historical event. The first recorded marriage union between a Lunar and an Earthen since the second era. And maybe that is important. Maybe the love and compassion these two people have for each other is symbolic of hope for the future. Maybe this wedding signifies the possibility that someday our two races will not only learn to tolerate each other, but to love and appreciate each other as well. Or, maybe ... " Kai's eyes glinted. " ... this relationship has absolutely nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with our shared human need to find someone who will care for us as much as we care for them. To find a partner who complements us and teaches us. Who makes us stronger. Who makes us want to be our best possible self. — Marissa Meyer

Being a winner sometimes has little to do with the score. If your players seize the opportunity to be better today than they were yesterday in softball, in math, in music, in anything worth doing in life, regardless of natural ability, that will make them winners on and off the field. — Lawrence Hsieh

He carried emotional and mental scars as long-lasting and vivid as the whip marks on his body. — Marguerite Labbe

Do what your inner soul tells you to do, regardless of any money or success it will bring you. — Etel Adnan

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George. — Anna Kendrick

I would still be with you. But I could sleep outside, so it would not be so obvious. I do not need to attend your councils. I - '
'No. The Phthians will not care. And the others can talk all they like. I will still be Aristos Achaion.' Best of the Greeks.
'Your honor could be darkened by it.
'Then it is darkened.' His jaw shot forward, stubborn. 'They are fools if they let my glory rise or fall on this. — Madeline Miller

I descended into solitude so thick that conversations with repairmen became anxious social occasions. — Louisa Hall