Howland Quotes & Sayings

I was with her when she died," Ned reminded the king. "She wanted to come home, to rest beside Brandon and Father." He could hear her still at times. Promise me, she had cried, in a room that smelled of blood and roses. Promise me, Ned. The fever had taken her strength and her voice had been faint as a whisper, but when he gave her his word, the fear had gone out of his sister's eyes. Ned remembered the way she smiled then, how tightly her fingers had clutched his as she gave up her hold on life, the rose petals spilling from her palm, dead and black. After that he remembered nothing. They had found him still holding her body, silent with grief. The little crannogman, Howland Reed, had taken her hand from his. — George R R Martin

Feelings find each other, I thought. Let one in and the others follow. At that moment it seemed that all our feelings were shimmering above us, around us, in a new and stunning constellation. — Leila Howland

The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming. — Charles Bass

Maybe what couldn't be named was just as real as what could be. Maybe sometimes love existed in the spaces in between. — Leila Howland

His bedroom was the gilded, diamond-studded, pearl-encrusted rococo lair of a god-king. — Lev Grossman

Everybody has somebody. It could be a friend, a lover, a spouse, a writing partner, or even That One Person You See At The Coffee Shop each day. Sometimes they exist to comfort you. Sometimes they exist to drive you absolutely mad. Be open to either as a form of self-improvement. — Terry Pratchett

I wondered if I could make him laugh like that, if he was the kind of guy who believes that girls could also be funny. — Leila Howland

I never really make solid resolutions. I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year. — Brittany Murphy

That's one thing about going to an all-girls' school your whole life: it's hard to believe that boys are people too. — Leila Howland

Forget girls who died decades ago; words were ghosts. They were what haunted me. — Leila Howland

It always seemed like there was too much in real life I was supposed to be afraid of: drunk drivers, rapists, unwanted pregnancy, HPV, undercooked chicken, toxic shock syndrome, and a bad reputation. — Leila Howland

It's hard to tell these days what gender people are. You don't know if they're gay, if they're straight, or Bruce Jenner. — Chelsea Handler

Making order out of disorder any time, anywhere, can be regarded as a sacrament. — May Sarton

There's nothing wrong with a male's point of view, obviously, but it's just a different way of telling a story. — Melanie Griffith

And what if that news anchor is creepy? He's too smooth, and he has that hairpiece. — Leila Howland

Reason is a passion; an instinct, a drive. — Bette Howland

There are opportunities in every struggle. Look for these opportunities and make it great. — Lailah Gifty Akita

She had been so wicked that in all her life she had done only one good deed-given an onion to a beggar. So she went to hell. As she lay in torment she saw the onion, lowered down from heaven by an angel. She caught hold of it. He began to pull her up. The other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too. She was indignant and cried, "Let go-it's my onion," and as soon as she said, "my onion," the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames. — E. M. Forster

The sun is the sacred morning light. — Lailah Gifty Akita

"You might have figured out she has a thing for guys in uniform."
"A perfect match." He grinned. "Garcia has a thing for girls with a thing. — Victoria Vane

It's not fair. Guys can embrace their fatness as a unique personality trait, but we girls have to sit on the very edge of chairs in our shorts so as not to reveal the back-of-the-leg cellulite we feel bad for having even though everyone does. — Leila Howland

My explosiveness, I really couldn't show it at UCLA. It's still there. It's always been there. It was not a lot of running. It was a half-court game. Coach Howland came from the Big East, and so you know that's a grind out game. — Shabazz Muhammad

It wasn't fair. I wanted to take her to friend court. I wanted to sue her. But I could see the faces of the jury when it was revealed that her mother had just died. Died. — Leila Howland

Do your best. And then let life do the rest. — Robin Sharma

Jules hated it when I used "delicious" to describe anything but food, but that day he was nothing if not a sugar cone of melting sea salt and caramel gelato. — Leila Howland

We didn't kiss," I said. Jules cocked an eyebrow. "We brushed lips. — Leila Howland

The decisions of the courts on economic and social questions depend on their economic and social philosophy. — Theodore Roosevelt

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.' — Michael Jordan

Without a best friend to tell stories to, it almost didn't matter if they even happened. — Leila Howland

Anyone that enjoys his work is a pleasure to work with. — W. Edwards Deming