Innocuous Stimuli Quotes & Sayings

You were her friend?" he asked. "You liked her?" I told him Ella was the best friend I ever had. He paused again, and I feared he would say she died. But he finally answered that he believed her to be well and married to a rich gentleman. He added, " She is happy, I think, She is rich, so she is happy." Without thinking, I blurted, "Ella doesn't care about riches." Then I realized I'd contradicted a prince! " How do you know?" he said. I answered, "At school everyone hated me because I wasn't wealthy and because I spoke with an accent. She was the only one who was kind." "Perhaps she's changed," he said. " I don't think so, your Highness. — Gail Carson Levine

Do things that matter, things that will make those better, and things that will make you better. — Jessica Walsh

I was happier when I was doing a mechanic's job. — Henry Ford

There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted. — Russell Simmons

Failures ... believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances ... by things that happen to them ... by exterior forces. — Earl Nightingale

There is no evidence against genetic determinism more persuasive than the children of the rich. — Jeffrey Eugenides

To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is what I've always wanted to do. — Robert Harris