Important And Extraneous Sort Quotes & Sayings

On the moon we wore feathers in our hair, and rubies on our hands. On the moon we had gold spoons. — Shirley Jackson

Edward and I had not had a last grand scene of farewell, nor did I plan one. To speak the word was to make it final. It would be the same as typing the words The End on the last page of a manuscript. So we did not say our goodbyes, and we stayed very close to each other, always touching. Whatever end found us, it would not find us separated. — Stephenie Meyer

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Resources on the planet are limited, and limited resources can come to an end. But there are also a lot of resources that are renewable. A lot of land, for example, can be reclaimed from the encroaching deserts. — Wangari Maathai

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. — Jack Lemmon

I am overwhelmed by the rigmarole of bureaucratic paperwork. I can't keep it all straight - the unemployment forms, the food-stamp applications, the drastically increasing number of ID cards that I am being forced to carry around with me. Being poor is a full-time job. Every minute, the government demands that you prove your current economic status, leaving absolutely no time to improve it. I have to schedule job interviews between all my other red-tape appointments. — Cassie Peterson

The bed was enormous and clearly custom-made. Granted, Vincent was a big man. But even he didn't need all that space, unless he was hosting orgies. Which, for all she knew, was exactly what he did. — D.B. Reynolds

But some things on earth were possible, and some were not, and Ruti knew the difference. — Geraldine Brooks

Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think. — Jacob Bronowski

people around you are reflections of your own identity. — Jennifer Pierre

The man who satisfies a ceaseless intellectual curiousity probably squeezes more out of life in the long run than anyone else. — Edmund Gosse