Kahlil Gibraltar Quotes & Sayings

The explanation for her absence had been staring him in the face all the while, but he hadn't wanted to acknowledge it: The affair meant nothing to her. He'd been the only one bewitched body and soul. For her, he'd been but a temporary source of entertainment, a way to pass the otherwise tedious hours in the middle of an ocean.
He'd been the one to press for a continuation of their affair beyond the voyage. He'd been the one to offer his heart, his hand, his every last secret. She never even gave her real name.
And, of course, never showed her face. — Sherry Thomas

Habit, a particularly insidious thug who chokes passion and smothers love. Habit puts us on autopilot. — Diane Ackerman

One color does not make a rainbow. — Matshona Dhliwayo

...the danger of developing a policy of rush, of being gradually more and more obsessed by what one has to do next. In this way one may come to exist as in a prison, and one's life may cease to be one's own. One may take the dog out for a walk at eight o'clock, and meditate the whole time on the fact that one must begin to read at a quarter to nine, and that one must not be late.
And the occasional deliberate breaking of one's programme will not help to mend matters. The evil springs not from persisting without elasticity in what one has attempted, but from originally attempting too much, from filling one's programme till it runs over. The only cure is to reconstitute the programme, and to attempt less. — Arnold Bennett

The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together. — Albert Camus

Lies will come back to bite you in the butt — Charlaine Harris

Human beings are the best hope in the world of other human beings to survive. — Gavriel Savit

Your life is a personal lesson. For everyone else it is a loud example. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't think it's stalking if I get an invitation, but yes, I'd love to accompany you to the store."
"I don't know if I'm ready for this huge jump in status," I tease. "From stalker to chaperone in a day? You'll think I'm easy. — Mia Sheridan

The majority of Aboriginals do not want handouts because they realise that welfare is killing them. — Pauline Hanson

Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. — Ani DiFranco

Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
[Wood half-burnt is easily kindled.] — George Herbert

Why would I become involved with something that doesn't include everyone? If you're getting married today, it's the equivalent of joining a country club that doesn't allow blacks or Jews. — Sarah Silverman

I'm not making it complicated, I'm just looking at it less simply. — Gregory S. Close