Hrvatska Abeceda Quotes & Sayings

The whip was the standard punishment for disobedience. Running away was a transgression so large that the punishment enveloped every generous soul on her brief tour of freedom. — Colson Whitehead

What can be feared when one is doing one's duty? I know the rage of my enemies. I know all their slanders; but when one only tries to do good to men and when one does not offend heaven, one can fear nothing, neither during life nor after death. — Voltaire

Mr. Crossley suddenly wondered why he was why he was worrying about the note. It was only a joke, after all. He cleared his throat. Everyone looked up hopefully. 'Somebody,' said Mr. Crossley, 'seems to have sent me a Halloween message.' And he read out the note: 'SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH.'
6B thought this was splendid news. Hands shot up all over the room like a bed of beansprouts.
'It's me, Mr. Crossley!'
'Mr. Crossley, I'm the witch!'
'Can I be the witch, Mr. Crossley?'
'Me, Mr. Crossley, me, me, me! — Diana Wynne Jones

Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them. — Sakyong Mipham

Even if yesterday existed, today is just real, not a fantasy like the past. — Michael Bassey Johnson

There is a congratulatory culture in the Gulf. From birth onwards, there is a culture of giving people trophies as markers of achievement for making it through society. It's cementing allegiance to authority at a very young age. — Ayshay

My idea of home is not necessarily a place. — Michael Kiwanuka

To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver. — Tony Stewart

It takes a lot of hard work to 'get there,' and once you get there it takes even more hard work to stay there. — Sophia Amoruso

Magnus kept misplacing his baby. This did not seem a good sign for the future. Magnus was sure you were meant to keep a firm grip on their location. He — Cassandra Clare

If you put your hand into a fire, does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide? No: When your hand starts to burn, it moves. You don't have to direct it; the hand moves itself. In the same way, once you understand, through inquiry, that an untrue thought causes suffering, you move away from it. — Byron Katie

Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here. — Daniel Keyes

Absolute is infinite so there is no absolute truth. There is truth that you can see in infinite ways and make your own. — Debasish Mridha

I was never the kind of person who cared much what people thought about me. — Rene Russo