Jayawardene House Quotes & Sayings

I still hankered to be back on the racecourse, but getting the funds for yet another assault on the ring was proving difficult. Could I track Sting down? — James Berryman

Poise the cause in justice's equal scales,
Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails. — William Shakespeare

Then the movie started. It was in a foreign language and had subtitles, which was fun because I had never read a movie before. — Stephen Chbosky

There are legends. You used to be one." She says coolly, "I am legend. — Karen Marie Moning

Your failures and your faults, they stick with you. They glob into ugly, cancerous growths inside you and make you want to die. — Julie Anne Peters

When you father dies! What then?"
Lord Needham looked up from his pheasant. "I beg your pardon?"
Lady Needham waved one hand in the air as though she hadn't time to think of her husband's feelings, instead prodding, "He shan't live forever, Penelope! What then?"
Penelope could not think of why this was in any way relevant. "Well, that shall be very sad, I imagine."
Lady Needham shook her head in frustration. "Penelope!"
"Mother, I honestly have no idea what you are implying."
"Who will take care of you? When your father dies?"
"Is Father planning to die soon?"
"No," her father said.
"One never knows!" Tears were welling in the marchioness' eyes.
"Oh, for God's-" Lord Needham had had enough. "I'm not dying. And I take no small amount of offence in the fact the thought simply rolled off your tongue. — Sarah MacLean

In evaluating Elizabeth's suitability as a potential partner - someone to provide intellectual stimulation, to share activities with, perhaps even to breed with - Claudia's first concern was my reaction to her choice of glasses frames, which was probably not even her own but the result of advice from an optometrist. This is the world I have to live in. — Graeme Simsion

Legacy code often differs from its suggested alternative by actually working and scaling. — Bjarne Stroustrup

I am very good at my job, Miss Rousseau. I was told to find Samantha Rousseau, and I have. The duchess' reasons are her own." He shrugged. "Of course, falconry is a large sport in our country. Perhaps it has something to do with that. — Nichole Chase