Karmello Ferrer Quotes & Sayings

The daily effort it took to appear normal was so great that it left energy for little else. — Hanya Yanagihara

He plucked at a long rose cane that attempted to grab his sleeve as he passed through the gate. "Good morning, my lady. May I give you my arm up the street? I'm engaged to escort this rosebush to the shops, but I'll fob it off. — Laura Kinsale

Virtue is despotic; life, reputation, every earthly good, must be surrendered at her voice. The law may seem hard, but it is the guardian of what it commands; and is the only sure defence of happiness. — Jane Porter

A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers. — Ronald Reagan

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity. — Vartan Gregorian

Death is release, if you've lived all right. — Edward Albee

My view is that you have to take risks. Not everything is going to work out, but it's sort of the fun of fashion, right? — Julie Macklowe

To clothe the penguins is a very serious business. At present when a penguin desires a penguin he knows precisely what he desires and his lust is limited by an exact knowledge of its object. At this moment two or three couples of penguins are making love on the beach. See with what simplicity! No one pays any attention and the actors themselves do not seem to be greatly preoccupied. But when the female penguins are clothed, the male penguin will not form so exact a notion of what it is that attracts him to them. His indeterminate desires will fly out into all sorts of dreams and illusions; in short, father, he will know love and its mad torments. And all the time the female penguins will cast down their eyes and bite their lips, and take on airs as if they kept a treasure under their clothes! . . . what a pity! — Anatole France

The book is not a cut-and-paste job. Yeah, I have a blog, but the material in the book is all new. The blog deals with my life now, whereas as the book starts a few years before my birth until right about the end of junior high. And yes, I am contractually obliged to mention this as much as possible (each time I do, HarperCollins sends me a free pizza). — Jason Mulgrew

Perhaps there is after all nothing mysterious in Zen. Everything is open to your full view. If you eat your food and keep yourself cleanly dressed and work on the farm to raise your rice or vegetables, you are doing all that is required of you on this earth, and the infinite is realized in you. — D.T. Suzuki

Grace strengthens us. It strengthens our hearts, awakens in us the courage to stand firm. — Charles R. Swindoll

A successful man has the following qualities: A smile that doesn't die; patience; fearless mind; love; self- confidence; love for everybody. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

One can make a joke, but one can't be one. — Duff Cooper

just be what you want to be and you will be happy — David McDuff

Kindness in looks and words and ways is true politeness, and any one can have it if they only try to treat other people as they like to be treated themselves. — Louisa May Alcott