Jessie Mae Hemphill Quotes & Sayings

We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives. — Jonis Agee

Katsa didn't know how long they'd been grappling when she realized he was laughing. She understood his joy, understood it completely. She'd never had such a fight, she'd never had such an opponent. She was faster than he was offensively-much faster-but he was stronger, and it was as if he had a premonition of her every turn and strike; she'd never known a fighter so quick to defend himself. She was calling up moves she hadn't tried since she was a child, blows she'd only ever imagined having the opportunity to use. They were playing. It was a game. When he pinned her arms behind her back, grabbed her hair, and pushed her face into the dirt, she found that she was laughing as well. — Kristin Cashore

It's the same with spirit guises; show me a sweet little choirboy or a smiling mother and I'll show you the hideous fanged strigoi it really is. (Not always. Just sometimes. *Your* mother is absolutely fine, for instance. Probably.) — Jonathan Stroud

A mother's death also means the loss of the consistent, supportive family system that once supplied her with a secure home base, she then has to develop her self-confidence and self-esteem through alternate means. Without a mother or mother-figure to guide her, a daughter also has to piece together a female self-image of her own. — Hope Edelman

to consider how fast my attitude — L.L. Chance

I think today there are too many directors taking themselves seriously; the only one capable of saying anything really new and interesting is Luis Bunuel. He's a very great director. — Luchino Visconti

I just get to go to work with such great actors who are so talented, especially Elizabeth (Perkins). You are so wonderful and kind and good and wonderful and sexy and great, and I just want to make out with all of you. — Mary-Louise Parker

After 9/11 and the impending actors' strike of a few years ago, roles dried up for everyone. — Alfre Woodard

When I was initially charged I still thought I was not guilty because I had followed the rules. — Andrew Fastow

I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's. — Camille Claudel

The fact of the matter is, the minute you get a mouthful of blue sky dancing across your taste buds there's no keeping you from it. — Victoria Forester

Thought leadership is when a leader's thoughts are being used by leaders to lead others. — Onyi Anyado